Титаник
Chapter 16
Andwhennearlyallhadgoneandthecrowdinthedockswasmeltingaway,oneman,whohaduntilthenremainedsecludedintheshipcamequietlyout,haggardandstrickenwithwoe:BruceIsmay,therepresentativeandfigure-headofthatprideandpowerwhichhadgivenbeingtotheTitanic.Inasenseheboreonhisownshoulderstheburdenofeverysufferer’sgriefandloss;andheboreit,notwithshame,forhehadnocauseforshame,butwithreticenceofwordsandactivityinsuchalleviatingdeedsaswerepossible,andwithadignitywhichwasproofagainsteventhebitterinjusticeofwhichhewasthevictiminthedaysthatfollowed.TherewaspityenoughinNewYork,hystericalpity,sentimentalpity,realpity,practicalpity,foralltheobviousandpatentdistressofthebereavedanddestitute;buttherewasnopityforthismanwho,ofallthatraggedremnantthatwalkedbacktolifedowntheCarpathia’sgangway,hadperhapsthemostneedofpity.
