Ninety-three By Victor Hugo, Aline Delano

Ninety-three By Victor Hugo, Aline Delano: "any moment How can one arrest an object in its course whose onslaught must be avoided The dreadful cannon rushes about advances recedes strikes to right and to left flies here and there baffles their attempts at capture sweeps away obstacles crushing men like flies The extreme danger of the situation comes from the unsteadiness of the deck How is one to cope with the caprices of an inclined plane The ship had within its depths so to speak imprisoned lightning struggling for escape something like the rumbling of thunder during an earthquake In an instant the crew was on its feet It was the chief gunner's fault who had neglected to fasten the screw nut of the breeching chain and had not thoroughly chocked the four trucks of the carronade which allowed play to the frame and bottom of the gun carriage thereby disarranging the two platforms and parting the breeching The lashings were broken so that the"