'Get back there, you cowards,' he roared. 'Behave yourself like men. Look at these women. Can you not be as brave as they?"
(“退回去,你们这些胆小鬼”他喊道“做得象个男人,看看这些女人,你们难道还不如她们勇敢?”)
"The men fell back, and from that moment there seemed to be a spirit of resignation all over the ship. Husbands and wives clasped each other and burst into tears.
"I did not hear an outcry from the women or the men. Wives left their husbands' side and without a word were led to the boats. One little Spanish girl, a bride, was the only exception.
She wept bitterly, and it was almost necessary to drag her into the boat. Her husband went down with the ship.