Титанік
Chapter 6
ChristopherHeadwasmildandunassuming,andoneofthemostattractiveofmen,forwhereverhewentheleftasenseofserenityandsecurity;andhewalkedthroughlifewithakeen,observantintelligence.OutsideLloyd’s,ofwhichgreatcorporationhewasamember,hisinterestswerechieflyartistic,andheusedhisinterestandknowledgeinthebestpossiblewayforthepublicgoodwhenhewasMayorofChelsea,andmadehisinfluencefeltbyimpartingsomequitenewandmuch-neededidealsintothatcivicoffice....Buttwoknownfacesdonotmakeacrowdfamiliar;andnothingwillbringmostofusanynearertotheknowledgeofthesevoyagersthanwilltheknowledgeofwhathappenedtothem.
Onethingwedoknowasmallthingandyetilluminatingtoourpicture.Thereweremanyyoungpeopleonboard,manynewlymarried,andsome,wemaybesure,forwhomthevoyagerepresentedthegatewaytoromance;fornoAtlanticlinereversailedwithafullcomplementandsetdownallitspassengersintheemotionalstateinwhichittookthemup.Theseaisagreatmatch-maker;andinthoselongmonotonoushoursofsolitudemanyflowersoftheheartblossomandmanymindsandcharactersstrikeouttowardseachotherinnewandundreamed-ofsympathy
