But we saw two men at the wheel, in the pilot-house, steadily holding her head to the wind, and we felt that it was all right.

So we ran below and reported, and then we all went to bed.
Although there was not much of the rolling that had been so unpleasant before, the vessel pitched and tossed enough to make our berths, especially mine, which was the upper one, rather shaky places to rest in; and I did not sleep very soundly.

Sometime in the night, I was awakened by a sound of heavy and rapid footfalls on the deck above my head.

I lay and listened for a moment, and felt glad that the deck was steady enough for them to walk on.

There soon seemed to be a good deal more running, and as they began to drag things about, I thought that it would be a good idea to get up and find out what was going on.