Slowly Havelock got to his knees, pressing them against the wet planks beneath him, pushing himself up painfully with his hands.
They shot their hands out for support and Turnbull's sea-boot slipped on the wet planks.
Costain took up the mop and pushed it over the wet planks.
They went quickly across the bridge, their footsteps sounding hollow on the wet planks.
Once there he first handed the golden cylinder to his uncle, and then collapsed on the wet planks letting out a long sigh of relief.
There was a dark shadow and the scuff of soft shoes on the wet planks.
The boy stepped behind the old man onto the wet planks of the east dock.
Locke had no time to think; they were up to the flute's hull, bumping hard against the wall of wet planks on her lee side.
The moisture in wet planks allowed the builder to force the planks into a more acute bend if need be.
There was something stretched out on the wet planks beside him.