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Chapter 2

           WegladlyagreedtofollowJack,forheinspireduswithconfidencealthoughIcouldperceive,bythesadtoneofhisvoice,thathehadlittlehope;andindeed,whenIlookedatthewhitewavesthatlashedthereefandboiledagainsttherocksasifinfury,Ifeltthattherewasbutastepbetweenusanddeath.Myheartsankwithinme;butatthatmomentmythoughtsturnedtomybelovedmother,andIrememberedthosewords,whichwereamongthelastthatshesaidtome:"Ralph,mydearestchild,alwaysremember,inthehourofdanger,tolooktoyourLordandSaviourJesusChrist.Healoneisbothableandwillingtosaveyourbodyandyoursoul."SoIfeltmuchcomfortedwhenIthoughtthereon.

           Theshipwasnowveryneartherocks.Themenwerereadywiththeboat,andthecaptainbesidethemgivingorders,whenatremendouswavecametowardsus.Wethreerantowardsthebowtolayholdofouroar,andhadbarelyreacheditwhenthewavefellonthedeckwithacrashlikethunder.Atthesamemomenttheshipstruck;theforemastbrokeoffclosetothedeckandwentovertheside,carryingtheboatandmenalongwithit.Ouroargotentangledwiththewreck,andJackseizedanaxetocutitfree;butowingtothemotionoftheship,hemissedthecordageandstrucktheaxedeepintotheoar.Anotherwave,however,washeditclearofthewreck.Weallseizedholdofit,andthenextinstantwewerestrugglinginthewildsea.ThelastthingIsawwastheboatwhirlinginthesurf,andallthesailorstossedintothefoamingwaves.ThenIbecameinsensible.

           OnrecoveringfrommyswoonIfoundmyselflyingonabankofsoftgrass,undershelterofanoverhangingrock,withPeterkinonhiskneesbymyside,tenderlybathingmytempleswithwater,andendeavouringtostopthebloodthatflowedfromawoundinmyforehead.

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