And Uncle Alfred and Uncle Herbert never were in shipwrecks.
So there!"
"Well, Uncle Alfred drew it very well, and he made very big waves. So
there!"
"Ah, but he didn't make waves like a great wall. He did it very
naturally, and he draws a great deal better than those rubbishy old
pictures in Father's _Robinson Crusoe_."
"Well, I don't care. The Bible says that when the Children of Israel
went through the Red Sea the waters were a wall to them on their right
hand and on their left. And I believe they were great waves like the
wave in _Robinson Crusoe_, only they weren't allowed to fall down till
Pharaoh and his host came, and then they washed them all away."
"But that's a miracle. I don't believe there are waves like that now."
"I believe there are in other countries. Uncle Alfred's shipwreck was
only an English shipwreck, with waves like the waves at the seaside."
"Let's ask Cousin Peregrine. He's been in foreign countries, and he's
been at sea."
The point in dispute between Maggie and her brother was this:--The
nursery copy of _Robinson Crusoe_ was an old one which had belonged to
their father, with very rough old wood-cuts, one of which represented
Robinson Crusoe cowering under a huge wave, which towered far above his
head, and threatened to overwhelm him.
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