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           Theyfailed,however,andthesmallcraftwereleftbehindinthemist,astheCarpathiacameglidinguptheHudson.

           Amongthewaitingcrowdwerenurses,doctors,andastaffofambulancemenandwomen;forallkindsofwildrumourswereafloatastotheconditionofthosewhohadbeenrescued.ThewomenofNewYorkhaddevotedthedaysofwaitingtotheorganizationofapowerfulreliefcommittee,andhadcollectedmoneyandclothingonanamplescaletomeettheneedsofthose,chieflyamongthesteeragepassengers,whoshouldfindthemselvesdestitutewhentheylanded.Andthere,intherainofthatgloomyevening,theywaited.

           AtlasttheysawtheCarpathiacomecreepinguptheriverandheadtowardstheWhiteStarpier.Theflashlightsofphotographerswereplayingabouther,andwiththissilentsaluteshecameintodock.Gatewayshadbeenerected,shuttingofftheedgeofthepierfromtheshedsinwhichthecrowdwaswaiting,andthefirstsighttheyhadoftherescuedwaswhenafterthegangwayhadbeenrigged,andthebriefformalitiesoftheshorecompliedwith,thepassengersbeganslowlytocomedownthegangway.AfamousEnglishdramatistwhowaslookingonatthescenehaswrittenofiteloquently,describingthestrangevarietiesofbearinganddemeanour;howonefacehadastartled,frightenedlookthatseemedasifitwouldalwaysbethere,anotherasetandstaringgaze;howoneshowedanangry,rebelliousdesperation,andanotherseemedmerelydazed.