“Do you need help?”
“No,” after a pause.
“If there is anything you want done it will be attended to.”
“Thank you. I have been informed that my relatives will meet me at the pier.”
“Is it true that some of the life-boats sank with the Titanic?”
“Yes. There was some trouble in manning them. They were not far enough away from her.”
All of this questioning and receiving replies was carried on with the greatest difficulty. The pounding of the liner’s engines, the washing of the sea, the tugboat’s engines, made it hard to understand the woman’s replies.
ALL CARED FOR ON BOARD
“Were the women properly cared for after the crash?” she was asked.
“Oh, yes,” came the shrill reply. “The men were brave—very brave.” Here her voice broke and she turned and left the railing, to reappear a few moments later and cry: