tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post6884804968028297301..comments2024-03-28T12:00:29.857+00:00Comments on Historical and Regency Romance UK: Wreck and RescueLouise Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09895724319451189592noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-44943112065033141002012-02-24T21:36:05.088+00:002012-02-24T21:36:05.088+00:00Oh, Jane, how sad. I agree with you - a very good ...Oh, Jane, how sad. I agree with you - a very good thing the hotel wasn't built. I can't believe it would have had a very restful ambience to it.Jan Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00471022034388834235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-79585991893376077162012-02-18T10:30:42.516+00:002012-02-18T10:30:42.516+00:00Thanks for your comment, Joanna. I felt so sorry f...Thanks for your comment, Joanna. I felt so sorry for her poor husband. It was common among Cornish fishermen not to learn to swim. They took the view that if they were lost overboard, or their boat capsized, any chance of rescue was so slim that they preferred to drown quickly. It may have been that this same pragmatic (fatalistic?) attitude was shared by merchant seamen and their wives.Jane Jacksonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-62361596625477593802012-02-17T11:58:12.039+00:002012-02-17T11:58:12.039+00:00What a very sad tale, Jane. In spite of the heroi...What a very sad tale, Jane. In spite of the heroism of the rescuers. I suppose the poor lady would have been dying of hypothermia anyway, soaking wet and frozen.<br /><br />But what a loss for her devoted husband.<br /><br />On a more mundane level, it strikes me as interesting that the wife of a ship's captain had not learned to swim, even though many many ships foundered in those days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com