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Chapter 13

           Sometimestheswellbrokecleanoverus;sometimesitonlygroundthepoorbriguponthereef,sothatwecouldhearherbeatherselftopieces;andwhatwiththegreatnoiseofthesails,andthesingingofthewind,andtheflyingofthesprayinthemoonlight,andthesenseofdanger,Ithinkmyheadmusthavebeenpartlyturned,forIcouldscarcelyunderstandthethingsIsaw.

           PresentlyIobservedMr.Riachandtheseamenbusyroundtheskiff,and,stillinthesameblank,ranovertoassistthem;andassoonasIsetmyhandtowork,mymindcameclearagain.Itwasnoveryeasytask,fortheskifflayamidshipsandwasfullofhamper,andthebreakingoftheheavierseascontinuallyforcedustogiveoverandholdon;butweallwroughtlikehorseswhilewecould.

           Meanwhilesuchofthewoundedascouldmovecameclamberingoutofthefore-scuttleandbegantohelp;whiletherestthatlayhelplessintheirbunksharrowedmewithscreamingandbeggingtobesaved.

           Thecaptaintooknopart.Itseemedhewasstruckstupid.Hestoodholdingbytheshrouds,talkingtohimselfandgroaningoutaloudwhenevertheshiphammeredontherock.Hisbrigwaslikewifeandchildtohim;hehadlookedon,daybyday,atthemishandlingofpoorRansome;butwhenitcametothebrig,heseemedtosufferalongwithher.

           Allthetimeofourworkingattheboat,Irememberonlyoneotherthing:thatIaskedAlan,lookingacrossattheshore,whatcountryitwas;andheanswered,itwastheworstpossibleforhim,foritwasalandoftheCampbells.

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