To all of these Jamieson ministered as best he might.

The deck was wet with blood.

Silent and saddened spectators, the attacking party stood ranged along the rail on the side next to the shore.

On the opposite side were the sullen defenders.
Carlisle, the leader of the boat party, stood silent, with lips tightly compressed, not far from where Dunwody leaned against the rail.

He made no comment on the scene and was apparently not unused to such spectacles.