The first thing to be done is to try to stop the water from beating in through that wrecked doorway.

I have an idea.

Jane, see if you can find some rope.

There should be some on the upper deck." Jane McCarthy reported that there was no rope there.

Harriet decided to go on without it, believing that she knew a way to check the flood.
Calling Jane to assist her, the two girls carried the dining table out to the upper deck.