I was only too happy to be of service.

Any other man on board would have done the same.

I was the nearest, and therefore had to be first.

That was all!' Mr.Stonehouse came to him and said as he grasped Harold's hand so hard that his fingers ached: 'I cannot thank you as I would.

But you are a man and will understand.
God be good to you as you have been good to my child; and to her mother and myself!' As he turned away Pearl, who had now been holding close to her mother's hand, sprang to him holding up her arms.