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           Buthesteppedbackwithoutawordofremonstranceandgavehergood-byewithacheerymessage,promisingtomeetherinNewYork.Andifthathappenedtohim,wemaybesureitwashappeningoverandoveragaininotherboats.Therewerewomenwhoflatlyrefusedtoleavetheirhusbandsandchosetostaywiththemandriskwhateverfatemightbeinstoreforthem,althoughatthattimemostofthepeopledidnotreallybelievethattherewasmuchdanger.Yethereandtheretherewereincidentsbothtouchingandheroic.WhenitcametotheturnofMrs.IsidoreStraus,thewifeofaJewishmillionaire,shetookherseatbutgotbackoutoftheboatwhenshefoundherhusbandwasnotcoming.Theywerebotholdpeople,andontwoseparateoccasionsanEnglishmanwhoknewhertriedtopersuadehertogetintoaboat,butshewouldnotleaveherhusband.ThesecondtimetheboatwasnotfullandhewenttoMr.Strausandsaid:“Dogowithyourwife.Nobodycanobjecttoanoldgentlemanlikeyougoing.Thereisplentyofroomintheboat.”Theoldgentlemanthankedhimcalmlyandsaid:“Iwon’tgobeforetheothermen.”AndMrs.Strausgotoutand,goinguptohim,said:“Wehavebeentogetherforfortyyearsandwewillnotseparatenow.”Andsheremainedbyhissideuntilthathappenedtothemwhichhappenedtotherest.