The accident from which he had suffered had broken his nerve, stalwart as he was.

But Hungerford was as cool as if this were ordinary boat-practice.
Soon the boat was drawn up again, and others took the place of those who had disappeared.

Then it was lowered safely, and, with Hungerford erect in the bows, it was pulled swiftly along the path we had come.
At length, too, the great ship turned round, but not in her tracks.

It is a pleasant fiction that these great steamers are easily managed.

They can go straight ahead, but their huge proportions are not adapted for rapid movement.