1 But he has yet to get on shore.
2 But if the day come before he get on shore, then, unless he be carried he cannot escape.
3 Thus, in fine, if he escape not on shore to-night, or before dawn, there will be the whole day lost to him.
4 He was now fixed on the far east of the northern shore, on the east of the southern shore, and on the south.
5 In such case he can, if it be in the night, change his form and can jump or fly on shore, as he did at Whitby.
6 In the night he may lie hidden somewhere; but if he be not carried on shore, or if the ship do not touch it, he cannot achieve the land.
7 Some took him to the office and then to the ship, where he will not go aboard but halt at shore end of gang-plank, and ask that the captain come to him.
8 As each boat achieved the safety of the port there was a shout of joy from the mass of people on shore, a shout which for a moment seemed to cleave the gale and was then swept away in its rush.
9 But, strangest of all, the very instant the shore was touched, an immense dog sprang up on deck from below, as if shot up by the concussion, and running forward, jumped from the bow on the sand.