The Great Taboo

"[...]bound behind her back-Oh, look out, Miss Ellis!" He was only just in time to utter the warning words. He was only just in time to put one hand on each side of her slender waist, and hold her tight so, when the big wave which he saw coming struck full tilt against the vessel's flank, and broke in one white drenching sheet of foam against her stern and quarter-deck. The suddenness of the assault took Felix's breath away. For the first few seconds he was only aware that a[...]."