Two hours after the storm broke Purvis came down for a few minutes.
"She is doing splendidly, sir," he said.

"I would not have believed if I had not seen it, that any craft of her size could have gone through such a sea as this and shipped so little water.

We have had a few big 'uns come on board, but in general she goes over them like a duck.

It is hard work forward.

You have got to keep your back to it, for you can hardly get your breath if you face it.