Don't you see it is all rounded by the water?
Now, Childers, we will put you on that stone.

You will be perfectly safe there, for you see it is two feet above this greenish line, which shows where the water generally comes to.

The tides are not at spring at present, so though you may get a splashing there is no fear of your being washed off." The water was already knee deep at the foot of the rocks, and the waves took them nearly up to the shoulders.

Ruthven did not attempt to dispute Frank's allotment of the one place of safety to Childers.

Frank and he placed themselves below the block of chalk, which was somewhat over six feet from the ground.