He stood on the deck and looked out into the wild confusion.

He saw the moon fly from one wall of mist to the other, he saw dark monsters shoot up from the roaring abyss, and throw themselves on the ship with a crashing noise, and turn it on its side so that the masts almost touched the surface of the water, while birds of prey hovered above.

The ship heaved from its inmost recesses, and cracked from end to end as if it would burst.

Jesus, pale-faced, his eyes sparkling with delight, held on to the railing.

Joseph and Mary tried to protect him.