Page 245 CHAPTER TEN - THE DUCHESS AND THE DEVILreef, Hornblower, standing up and craning his
neck, could see no rocks beside the wreck in the middle part of
the waist where the deck came down to water level. It was easy
to direct the steersman towards that particular point, and then,
as the boat moved in, to wave his arms and demand the attention
of the little group under the break of the poop, and to point
to the spot to which they were approaching. A wave burst upon
the reef, broken over the stern of the wreck, and filled the boat
almost full. She swung back and forth in the eddies, but the kegs
kept her afloat and quick handling of the steering oar and lusty
rowing kept her from being dashed against either the wreck or
the rocks. |
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