The captain spoke: "Put the children in first; they are the most helpless." One or two stout sailors stood in the boats to receive them.

Edward drew nearer and nearer to the gangway, pulling Maggie with him.

She was almost pressed to death, and stifled.

Close in her ear, she heard a woman praying to herself.

She, poor creature, knew of no presence but God's in that awful hour, and spoke in a low voice to Him.
"My heart's darlings are taken away from me.