I had my vision

'Three men were drowned where we are now', said the old man. He had seen them clinging to the mast himself. And Mr Ramsay taking a look at the spot was about, James and Cam were afraid, to burst out :

But I beneath a rougher sea,

and if he did, they could not bear it ; they would shriek aloud ; they could not endure another explosion of the passion that boiled in him ; but to their surprise all he said was 'Ah' as if he thought to himself, But why make a fuss about that ? Naturally men are drowned in a storm, but it is a perfectly straightforward affair, and the depths of the sea (he sprinkled the crumbs from his sandwich paper over them) are only water after all. Then having lighted his pipe he tok out his watch. He looked at it attentively ; he made, perhaps, some mathematical calculation. At last he said, triumphantly :

'Well done !' James has steered them like a born sailor. '

There ! Cam thought, addressing herself silently to James. You've got it, at last. For she knew that this was that James had been wanting, and she knew that now he had got it he was so pleased that he would not look at her or at his father or at any one. There he sat with his hand on the tiller sitting bolt upright, looking rather sulky and frowning slightly. He was so pleased that he was not going to let anybody take a grain of pleasure. His father had praised him. They must think that he was perfectly indifferent. But you've got it now, Cam thought."

"Quickly,as she were recalled by something over there, she turned to her canvas. There it was - her picture. Yes, with all its green and blue, its lines running up and across, its attempts at something. It would be hung in the attics, she thought ; it was blurred. With a sudden intensity, as if she saw it clear for a second, she drew a line there, in the centre. It was done ; it was finished. Yes, she thought, laying down her brush in extreme fatigue, I have had my vision."