u'If you have never been at sea in a heavy gale, you can form no idea of the confusion of mind occasioned by the wind and the spray together. They blind, deafen and strangle you, and take away all power of action or reflection. But we are now, in a great measure, rid of these annoyances \u2013 just as death-condemned felons in prison are allowed petty indulgences, forbidden them while their doom is yet uncertain.'