But his nerves were on edge, and he was not sleepy in the least.

Miguel, without taking off his clothes, lay down in the bunk beneath him, and Robert soon heard him snoring.

He also heard new sounds from above, a whistle and a shriek and a roar combined that he did not recognize at first, but which a little thought told him to be a growing wind and the crash of the waves.

The schooner began to dip and rise violently.

He was dizzy for a little while, but he soon recovered.