She had stranded among a forest of rushes, the bottom of the boat being hard and fast on the gravel.
The girls breathless with excitement, climbed aboard.

The after-half of the house floor was under water.

There were fully two feet of water in the stern.

In the after cockpit were several bushels of sand and gravel that had been thrown up by the wind and waves during the night.
"Oh, the villains, to do a thing like this!" raged Jane.

She started to run aft for a pail but losing her footing on the slippery floor she went sprawling and splashing into the water.