Come on: we must get out at once." "Too late," replied Vince gloomily.

"The water's too high now.

If we tried we should be wedged in." "But--oh! we must try, Vince, or we shall be drowned! Why didn't you speak before ?" "I wasn't sure till it began to run up so quickly; and what could we do?
If we had gone out we should have been seen directly.

Perhaps it won't rise any higher now.

It never covered the seal cave." "That was twice as high," groaned Mike.