When day came, they did not recognize the land, but they noticed a bay with a beach, where they decided to run the ship aground if they could.
Because Joseph, her husband to be, was a righteous man, and because he did not want to disgrace her, he intended to divorce her privately.
So they slipped the anchors and left them in the sea, at the same time loosening the linkage that bound the steering oars together. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and steered toward the beach.
After we had safely reached shore, we learned that the island was called Malta.