I was told afterward that some of the stoutest men could scarcely help themselves, they were so cramped and stiff, and had to be hoisted on board like sheep.
I know that when I put my feet on the deck, my knees were so stiff that I could not stand.

Two women had Corny between them, and were carrying her below.

I was so delighted to see that there were women on board.
Rectus and I were carried below, too, and three or four rough looking fellows, who didn't speak a word that we could understand, set to work at us and took off our clothes, and rubbed us with warm stuff, and gave us some hot tea and gruel, and I don't know what else, and put us into hammocks, and stuffed blankets around us, and made me feel warmer, and happier, and more grateful and sleepy than I thought it was in me to feel.

I expect Rectus felt the same.

In about five minutes, I was fast asleep.
I don't know how long it was before I woke up.