Then he lay still, and soon she saw him drawn slowly up till he clung close to the monster's side.
This unheard-of action filled her with a terror that was quite sickening.

Clutching her calf tremblingly under her fin she plunged once more into the deep, and, traveling as fast as possible for the little one, at a depth of perhaps two hundred feet, she headed for another feeding ground where she trusted that the monster might not follow.
"When she came again to the surface, fifteen minutes later, the monster and all her spouting kinsfolk were out of sight, hidden behind a mile-long mountain of blue ice-berg.

But she was not satisfied.
Remaining up less than two minutes, to give the calf time for breath, she hurriedly plunged again and continued her journey.

When this manoeuver had been repeated half a dozen times she began to feel more at ease.

At last she came to a halt, and lay rocking in the seas just off the mouth of a spacious rock-rimmed bay.
"Here, as luck would have it, she found herself in the midst of the food which she loved best.