I gasped "Row, row." From the ship came a sudden alarmed cry: "The boat, the boat!" But already the ship grew dim and indistinct.
"Row, row," I muttered; then I heard the sculls set in their tholes, and with a slow faltering stroke the boat was guided away from the ship, moving nearly at a right angle to it.

I put out all my strength.

I was by far a bigger man than the King, and I did not spare him.

I hugged him with a bear's hug, and his strength was squeezed out of him.

Now I was on the top and he below.