"But you see, we might perish beneath the waves together."
"Together! What a sweet word that is;--perish together! If it were not that there might be something better even than that, I would wish to perish in such company."
"But I should not wish anything of the kind, Captain Bellfield, and therefore pray be careful."
There was no perishing by water on that occasion. Mr. Cheesacre's boat reached the pier at Yarmouth first, and gave up its load without accident. Very shortly afterwards Captain Bellfield's crew reached the same place in the same state of preservation. "There," said he, as he handed out Mrs. Greenow. "I have brought you to no harm, at any rate as yet."

"But you see, we might perish beneath the waves together."
"Together! What a sweet word that is; perish together! Were it not that there might be something better even than that, I would wish to perish in such company."
"But I should not wish anything of the kind, Captain Bellfield."
There was no perishing by water on that occasion. Captain Bellfield's boat reached the pier at Yarmouth very shortly after Mr. Cheesacre's.
"There," said the Captain, as he handed out Mrs. Greenow. "I have brought you to no harm."
