Come on , then , said Susan. I'll help you get into bed. But in the cabin it happened , the thing she had been most afraid of : she felt sick. Could she get out in time? Oh..Oh.. she cried as she climbed up the steps into the cockpit , and almost immediately was sick over the side. She was sick again . John looked at his sister and felt terribly sorry for her. Should they go back? Could they go back? He looked behind the Goblin into the thick , grey fog. No. The only safe way was to go on.
Beu.....eueueu.. came the sound of the Cork lightship. But it was behind them now. Before them was the grey curtain of fog. And beyond it was the open sea.