He felt the schooner shivering under him, and rising and falling heavily, and then he opened his eyes to see where best to leap when the shock did come.
He beheld the thick white foam to right and left, but he had not prayed in vain.

The miracle had happened.

Here was a narrow opening in the breakers, and, with but one chance in a hundred to guide it, the schooner had driven directly through, ceasing almost at once to rock so violently.

But there was enough power left in the waves even behind the rocks to send the schooner upon a sandy beach, where she must soon break up.
But Robert was saved.

He knew it and he murmured devout thanks.