The crest of each of these waves was a hill, from the top of which the men surveyed, for a moment, a brati
tumultuous expanse, shining and wind-riven"
"The open boat is described as "bobbing along among the universe's uncertainties."
"As each wave came, and she (the boat rose for it, she seemed like a horse makingat a fence outrageously
high."
"If this old fool woman, Fate, cannot do better than this."