Perspiration dripped from his face, his teeth clinched in desperate determination.

At the second pause, she was beside him, pressing her way in also beneath the sagging burden.

He felt the pressure of her body.
"No, no; I can make it alone," he panted indignantly.
"Not so well as we both can, working together.

I am strong, Captain West.
Try it again now, and see." Suddenly the great unwieldy mass moved, slid forward, poised itself an instant on the rounded rail.

The yacht rolled sharply to port, flinging both on to the deck together, but sending the raft crunching overboard, clear of the side.