"I'm sorry.'  Jules was still whimpering in the corner.
      Meanwhile down on the ship, the huge wave was fast approaching.
      "Everyone down below."  The captain ordered.  It didn't matter now
whether the boat caught fire or not.  The wave would be here soon enough.
     Down below,  everyone sat quietly.  Then, somewhere,  a baby started to
cry and the mother began singing softly to it.
     "Do you think the ship can withstand the wave?"  Susan asked nervously. 
Phileas wasn't sure,  but he did want to reassure her.
     "We'll be all right.  We'll be at Sumatra soon."  He put his arm around
her to comfort her.
     As they landed at Sumatra,  the atmosphere of the tiny island looked
exactly like that of Krakatoa.  Villagers were running for the boats.
     "They seem to know something."  Susan was saying.  They had brought
Farris up from the brig and were about to deliver him to the prison on the
island.
     "I daresay anyone will be there to receive him."  Captain Hanson looked
at Farris.
     "Well, then,  what would you prefer?"
     Farris was inclined to meet his fate head on.
     "I should like to be left on the island."  He said slowly.  There was no
guarantee that the wave would miss him.  They both knew this.  Captain Hanson
unlocked the handcuffs.
     They watched as Farris walked slowly in the opposite direction that the
villagers were running.  The Batavia Queen, again, put out to sea.

     Out on the open ocean again,  they waited for the huge wave to break
over them.  By now, the island of Krakatoa was only a memory - Sumatra was
soon to follow.
     Farris stood on the mountain along with a few others who thought that
they would be safe from the wave.  They had thought that if they would just
get to higher ground, they would be safe.  Now they knew  that they had made
a terrible mistake.  They could only watch in horror as they saw the wall of
water bearing down on them.  They made peace with whatever god they prayed
to, and it was over.

          By now,  all of the children were singing quietly to try to cheer the
baby.

                                     Lullaby
                   Lullaby my baby, lullaby my darling
                   Lullaby my baby, lullaby my darling
                   There above us, baby, we can see the sky
                   Is the sunlight in the garden
                   Lullaby my baby, lullaby my darling
                   Lullaby my baby, lullaby my darling
                   Where, my little one, has your mother gone?
                   She's gone to the pond where blue lilies grow
                   Lullaby my baby, lullaby my darling
                   Lullaby my baby, lullaby my darling
                   When at night, my son,
                   Clouds come over the moon
                   Then it's time, my son
                   To sleep and cease to cry

     The ship began to shake and rattle.  Tiny streams of water began
springing out all over.
     "Quickly, plug the holes."  called Phileas
      The passengers began scrambling to plug the holes.  The roaring of the
ocean could be heard around them.  This was do or die; now or never, Phileas
thought as he sat there holding Susan.  He could go up to the Aurora with
Jules  and Passepartout;  he could even take Susan up to the Aurora,  but, he
knew that she would never go.
     All of a sudden,  there was silence.  Phileas knew better than to think
that the danger was over.  It was literally like the calm before the storm. 
He pulled Susan close in his arms.  Then the boat began to toss violently. 
Everyone began to panic again.  The sides of the boat began to creak. 
Phileas knew that if the pressure became too great, they would be smashed
like mere sticks of wood.
     Meanwhile, while flying high above the wave, Passepartout and Jules had
a front row seat.
     "Mon Dieu!"  Passepartout exclaimed as the giant wave traveled across
the surface of the ocean.
     "They are bobbing like bottle in water."  Jules came over to look. 
Instead of being smashed by the water,  they were indeed bobbing.
     "They might have a chance."  Jules said grimly.