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"We'd better get along the sea-shore rocks, seems to me," said Raft, "the tide's going out, all them rocks between tide marks is pretty flat." "Suppose the tide comes in," said she, "and we can't get up the cliffs?" "Oh, we'll have lots of time to make a good way before it comes back," replied he, "and we've got to trust a bit to chance, we've got to strike bold.
He knew the coast perfectly well, so about midnight, when he felt himself gently bumped on a weed-bed, he said, "Hm, tide's running strong tonight," and turning over under water opened his eyes slowly and stretched. Then he jumped like a cat, for he saw huge things nosing about in the shoal water and browsing on the heavy fringes of the weeds.
If wind and tide's ag'in' me, I can wait till one or the other, or both of them, serve." "Yes," said Captain Cephas, "you was always that kind of a man." "That's so. But it does 'pear to me as if I'd have to give up this time, though it's a pity to do it, on account of the little gal, fer she ain't likely to have any Christmas this year.
"By Jove!" he panted, as they swung into the quiet water of the cove and stood erect in the shallows, "that was great! You are a good swimmer." "Thank you," she answered, breathlessly. "It WAS a tug, wasn't it? Thank you for warning me. Now tell me about the dangerous places, please." He told her, repeating Seth's tales of the tide's strength. "But it is safe enough here?" she asked.
"I'm forced to go full speed ahead to cross the bar," he told Quest. "I'm sorry, but the tide's just on the turn." They looked at one another a little blankly. The Professor, however, beamed upon them all. "I have always understood," he said, "that Port Said is a most interesting place." Quest leaned a little forward and gazed down the line of steamer chairs.
Said Raft: "The tide's near the turn and them cliffs don't shew no sign of a cut in them, but then there's only two miles or so to be seen from here. Round that bend there's no knowing, they may break away beyond there. What I'm thinkin' is this. We've time to get back along the road we've come by before it's high water again." "Go back?"
Yet such is the effect of habit, and such was the expertness of the landing-master's crew, that, even in this description of weather, seldom a tide's work was lost. Such was the ardour and zeal of the heads of the several departments at the rock, including Mr. Peter Logan, foreman builder, Mr.
Davies never seemed to listen, but tacked on imperturbably, juggling with the tiller, the sheets, and the chart, in a way that made one giddy to look at. For all our zeal we seemed to be making very slow progress. 'It's no use, tide's too strong: we must chance it, he said at last. 'Chance what? I wondered to myself.
You can't do anything with that spike. It needs three or four men with levers. Run! The tide's up to my waist, now! There isn't room between these rocks to crawl out." For one moment Timoteo stood still and looked at Herbert. Then the Spanish boy turned and flew over the rocks.
"Why not throw him in the river? The tide's up; I noticed it as we came along." Whether he intended the suggestion seriously or not I don't know, but I rose to it like a trout to a fly. There are seldom more than two feet of water at high tide at that particular part of the Embankment, and the thought of dropping George into its turbid embrace filled me with the utmost enthusiasm.
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