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We have more to attend to!

It was nonsense, captain! 'Twas only my joke;— As sure as I'm here I will help the cook

The jib's blown away!

And there went the foresail!

[Shrieks from forward.]  Breakers under the bow! She will go to shivers! [''The ship strikes. Noise and confusion.''  SCENE SECOND. ''Close under the land, among sunken rocks and surf. The ship sinks. The jolly-boat, with two men in her, is seen for a moment through the scud. A sea strikes her; she fills and upsets. A shriek is heard; then all is silent for a while. Shortly afterwards the boat appears floating bottom upwards.''

 comes to the surface near the boat.

Help! Help! A boat! Help! I'll be drowned! Save me, oh Lord—as saith the text!

[Clutches hold of the boat's keel.