Her eyes closed.

She nestled into a comfortable position, and slept.
The man looked at her steadily for a little while.

Then he moved the revolver out of harm's way to a spot where she must see it instantly, pulled his sou'wester well over his eyes and walked off quietly.
They were flung ashore on the north-west side of the island.

Except for the cove formed by the coral reef, with its mysterious palm-tree growing apparently in the midst of the waves, the shape of the coast was roughly that of the concave side of a bow, the two visible extremities being about three-quarters of a mile apart.
He guessed, by the way in which the sea raced past these points, that the land did not extend beyond them.

Behind him, it rose steeply to a considerable height, 150 or 200 feet.