crosscurrent

Updated: May 23, 2025

And then and then the unguided, helpless craft responded to the gentle pressure of some swirl or crosscurrent in the main flow of the stream, and swung a little to one side. A few feet farther, and the new impulse became stronger. Yielding easily to the current that drew it so gently across the invisible dividing-line between safety and destruction, the boat swung in toward the shore.

Harold Bell Wright - The Re-Creation of Brian Kent