"I don't know whether I want to look or not.

I've never seen any one dead." "I should advise you," I said, "to go away." It was apparently the last thing she desired to do.

Of the various emotions which had possessed her, curiosity was the one which survived.
"You are sure he is dead ?" she asked.
"Quite," I answered.
"Was he drowned, then ?" "I think," I replied, "that he has been washed up by the tide.

There has probably been a shipwreck." "Gracious!" she exclaimed.

"It is just a sailor, then ?" "I have not looked at his face," I answered, "and I should not advise you to.