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PROLOGUE

IT was 2 p.m. on the afternoon of May 7, 1915. The Lusitania had
been struck by (1)________ torpedoes in succession and was sinking
rapidly, while the boats were being launched with all possible
speed. The women (2)________ children were being lined up awaiting their
turn. Some still clung desperately to husbands and fathers;
others clutched their (3)________ closely to their breasts. One girl
stood alone, slightly apart from the rest. She was quite young,
not more (4)________ eighteen. She did not seem afraid, and her grave,
steadfast eyes looked straight ahead.

"I beg your pardon."

and children than two

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PROLOGUE

IT was 2 p.m. on the afternoon of May 7, 1915. The Lusitania had
been struck by two torpedoes in succession and was sinking
rapidly, while the boats were being launched with all possible
speed. The women and children were being lined up awaiting their
turn. Some still clung desperately to husbands and fathers;
others clutched their children closely to their breasts. One girl
stood alone, slightly apart from the rest. She was quite young,
not more than eighteen. She did not seem afraid, and her grave,
steadfast eyes looked straight ahead.

"I beg your pardon."