That often happened in the old days.

It is different now.
Moreover, I have not told you the extent of my calamities.

The _Sirdar_ was lost on March 18, though I did not know it for certain until this morning.

But on March 25 the _Bahadur_ was sunk in the Mersey during a fog, and three days later the _Jemadar_ turned turtle on the James and Mary shoal in the Hooghly.

Happily there were no lives lost in either of these cases." Even Iris was appalled by this list of casualties.
"My poor, dear dad!" she cried.