\"Foramomenttugandshiphungmotionlessinacrowdofmovingshipping，andthentheterrificstrainthatevil，stony-heartedbrutewouldalwaysputoneverything，torethetowing-chockcleanout。Thetow-ropesurgedover，snappingtheironstanchionsofthehead-railoneafteranotherasiftheyhadbeensticksofsealing-wax。ItwasonlythenInoticedthatinordertohaveabetterviewoverourheads，Maggiehadsteppedupontheportanchorasitlayflatontheforecastledeck。
\"Ithadbeenloweredproperlyintoitshardwoodbeds，buttherehadbeennotimetotakeaturnwithit。Anyway，itwasquitesecureasitwas，forgoingintodock；butIcouldseedirectlythatthetow-ropewouldsweepundertheflukeinanothersecond。Myheartflewuprightintomythroat，butnotbeforeIhadtimetoyellout:\'Jumpclearofthatanchor!\'
\"ButIhadn\'ttimetoshriekouthername。Idon\'tsupposesheheardmeatall。Thefirsttouchofthehawseragainsttheflukethrewherdown；shewasuponherfeetagainquickaslightning，butshewasuponthewrongside。Iheardahorrid，scrapingsound，andthenthatanchor，tippingover，roseuplikesomethingalive；itsgreat，roughironarmcaughtMaggieroundthewaist，seemedtoclaspherclosewithadreadfulhug，andflungitselfwithheroveranddowninaterrificclangofiron，followedbyheavyringingblowsthatshooktheshipfromstemtostern——becausetheringstopperheld!\"
\"Howhorrible!\"Iexclaimed。
\"Iusedtodreamforyearsafterwardsofanchorscatchingholdofgirls，\"saidthemanintweeds，alittlewildly。Heshuddered。\"WithamostpitifulhowlCharleywasoverafterheralmostontheinstant。