The Hawser Cut, Adrift on the Ebb

1 Jim kneels in Ben Gunn's coracle and paddles, but it keeps spinning on the black ebb

2 The taut hawser suddenly sags in Jim's grip, and his hand dips under the black water

3 Beside the schooner's slack hawser, Jim Hawkins pulls his gully open with his teeth

4 From his coracle under the schooner's bow, Jim saws through the last strands of hawser

5 The hawser parts, and Jim's coracle is swept against the HISPANIOLA's bows as she swings

6 Just clear of the spinning hull, the boy's wet hands grab a cord trailing from the stern

7 Through the stern window, Jim sees Israel Hands and the red-cap fighting by the lamp

8 Through the stern window, Jim glimpses Israel Hands and the man in the red cap

10 The loose Hispaniola and Jim's coracle are swept together out through the narrows