They need little and covet naught." Presently he heaved a great sigh, and half turned from the sea, as if impatient.
"As good a little ship as ever was framed," he said.

"And to come to such an end.

Mishandled on a lee shore." "Why, there is no blame to us," I said.

"We were helpless." "It lies heavy on my mind that we ought to have weathered the point yonder; I held on too long.

At best I knew where she was strained, and should have gone on the other tack first.