'My cousin's fallen in!' Out we went, and he came along with us. We'd
ropes and boat-hooks, but that was no use. The police came soon after, and
the fire brigade; they got hold of a boat up there and carried it between
them till they got to us; then they got it out and started searching about
with the drag. We didn't find her the first day, but the day after. Ay, a
nasty business, that it was."
"And her husband came, you said. The Captain?"
"Yes, the Captain, he came. And you can reckon for yourself the state he
was in. And we were all the same for that matter, all the town was. The
engineer, he was out of his senses for a long while, so they told us at
the hotel, and when the Captain arrived, the engineer went off inspecting
up the river, just because he couldn't bear to talk any more about it."
"So the Captain didn't see him, then?"
"No. H'm! Nay, I don't know," said the porter, looking around. "No, I
don't know anything about that--no."
His answer was so confused, it was evident that he did know.
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