Holding the screaming woman in one arm, Sir Albert nobly struck out for shore, and no doubt would have reached it, for he was a bold swimmer, had not a large cake of ice borne them down to a watery grave.
When they were found, three days later, they were closely locked in each other's arms.

Robert Stevens came from Jamestown, and he and his sister had the body of their mother buried at the old churchyard in the ruins of Jamestown.

Sir Albert was also, by order of his captain, buried at the same place.
All winter long, Captain Small of the _Despair_ remained in the York River; but at early spring he came to the James River and, summoning both Robert and Rebecca aboard his vessel, informed them that his dead master had, by a will, left them a vast fortune in money, jewels and lands, in both America and England.
"He also gave you the ship _Despair_," concluded the captain.
"This is very strange." said Robert.

"I can scarcely believe it." Captain Small, however, had the will to prove it.
"Now what will you do with the ship ?" the captain asked.
"What do you advise?
We know nothing of such matters." "She would make an excellent merchantman, and I would be willing to rent her of you and give you one half the profits." "No, no, captain; take her, and give us one fourth." Captain Small was delighted with his new employer's liberality, and the name _Despair_ was changed to _Hope_.

The vessel soon became famous as a merchantman all over the world.