I have just seen our life-boat men--all nine of 'em.

The Lord have mercy on their souls!' 'Well, why not ?' says I.'Why shouldn't you ha' seen 'em?
They've got back sooner than we hoped for--that's all.' 'Nay,' said she; 'but I met 'em coming out of Gethin--away from home--the home they will never see again--all wet and white like corpses.

They're drowned men, as sure as you stand there, John Trevethick.' And so it turned out, poor fellows!" "And did you tell any body of this before you knew that they were drowned ?" inquired Richard.
"Ay, that's the point," muttered Solomon, approvingly.
"No," said Trevethick.

"I didn't believe the old woman, and I thought her story would be very ill taken; so I kept it to myself.

But it turned out true for all that; the thing happened just as I say.