Did you notice any alarm on board the _Sea Gull_ ?" She shaded her eyes with one hand, holding the heavy oar against her body, and looked ahead.
"No; I was not thinking about that--only of your danger, and my awful position.

I was never so frightened before." "Can you still see the vessel ?" "Just a shadow against the sky.

I--I think she is moving straight ahead." "Then we have not been missed, nor the mate.

Doubtless he was going below for his supper.

Now lean well over to port--yes, the left--and balance the boat; I am going to climb in." With a struggle, I made it, rolling over the low gunwale, the water draining from me into a pool at the bottom, the slight chill of the night air making me shiver.