Shouting, making threatening gestures with my club, and even prodding the lazy ones, I quickly cut out a score of the young bachelors from their companions.

Whenever one made an attempt to break back toward the water, I headed it off.

Maud took an active part in the drive, and with her cries and flourishings of the broken oar was of considerable assistance.

I noticed, though, that whenever one looked tired and lagged, she let it slip past.

But I noticed, also, whenever one, with a show of fight, tried to break past, that her eyes glinted and showed bright, and she rapped it smartly with her club.
"My, it's exciting!" she cried, pausing from sheer weakness.