With a mad yell he fled onward and upward.

At the top he was checked by the sailors, who were vainly trying to keep the people back.
He struggled past them and on toward the open deck.

An officer caught him and held him firmly until Hugh, Veath, and the two trembling women came up.
"Get back, all of you!" yelled Shadburn.

"You can't come out here.

Every sailor on deck has been washed overboard!" "Don't let us sink! Don't let us sink! For God's sake!" shrieked Lord Huntingford.