Craning her neck around, she was able to look out to sea. There was the normal clutter of coastal traffic, but mostly these vessels had triangular sails. The square-rigged jacht of the duc d'Arcachon should be conspicuous. Indeed, she thought she could see a square-rigger standing off several leagues from shore, a short distance to the north – that must be Météore ! The longboat would have come in at dawn and been hauled up on the beach so that the Prince would not notice it until too late.