Once we fancied it had given way, and held our breath till the cable tightened sharply again.

The grating and thundering of the jam gradually dulled, muffled by the water.

Our thoughts reverted to our own situation.

The sea had risen within five feet of the place where we were standing.

To get up here in the morning we had been obliged to scale a precipice.
"It must have risen fully thirty feet," said Kit.