"Ho! get her off, lads; a large ship ashore in Saint Margaret's Bay; now
then, all together, and with a will!"
So powerful was the influence of the young middy's clear voice and
prompt action, that the men with one accord shoved the lifeboat into the
sea; succeeded in keeping her stern to the waves until they were beyond
the roughest of the breakers; and then, laying to their oars manfully,
pulled away for the scene of the wreck.
They were soon lost in darkness, and the poor women returned weeping to
their homes, there to throw on some additional covering, and hasten
towards the same spot by land.