and they insisted that it was the mer-king 's business to make the pam produce some spell , remedy , or solution to keep the sea-serpent quiet : they could , not get their hands to their faces to feed themselves or blow their noses , the water shook so ; and everybody was bumping into everybody else ; and all the fish were sea-sick , the water was so wobbly ; and it was so turbid and so full of sand that everyone had coughs ; and all the dancing was stopped .