Why did I ever come on board?
Captain Coke said he would sink her.

I told you----" "Steady! Keep a little nearer the rocks on your left.

The passage is narrow here." Hozier raised his voice somewhat, and purposely hurried her.

But she was not to be repressed.
"Poor ship! What had she done that she should be battered on the rocks ?" she wailed.
"You must not talk," he said firmly, well knowing that if the sailors and firemen lumbering close behind had not heard her earlier comment it was due solely to the blustering wind.

They were skirting the seaward face of the rocky islet on which they had found salvation.