I could have escaped, if I had chosen to go alone, by crawling on the ground either into the kitchen, a separate stone building at no great distance, or into the open fields away from trees or houses; but Susan could not have gone a yard.

She became quite calm when she knew the worst; and she sat on my knee in what seemed the safest corner of the room, while every blast was bringing nearer and nearer the moment of our seemingly certain destruction .-- "The house was under two parallel roofs; and the one next the sea, which sheltered the other, and us who were under the other, went off, I suppose about ten o'clock.

After my old plan, I will give you a sketch, from which you may perceive how we were situated:-- [In print, a figure representing a floor-plan appears here] The _a_, _a_ are the windows that were first destroyed: _b_ went next; my books were between the windows _b_, and on the wall opposite to them.
The lines _c_ and _d_ mark the directions of the two roofs; _e_ is the room in which we were, and 2 is a plan of it on a larger scale.

Look now at 2: _a_ is the bed; _c_, _c_ the two wardrobes; _b_ the corner in which we were.

I was sitting in an arm-chair, holding my Wife; and Tyrrell and the little Black child were close to us.