We
had anchored in the right place and next morning we hoped the shore
end would be laid, so we had only to go back. It was of course
still colder and quite night. I went to bed and hoped to sleep,
but, alas, the rheumatism got into the joints and caused me
terrible pain so that I could not sleep. I bore it as long as I
could in order to disturb no one, for all were tired; but at last I
could bear it no longer and managed to wake the steward and got a
mustard poultice which took the pain from the shoulder; but then
the elbow got very bad, and I had to call the second steward and
get a second poultice, and then it was daylight, and I felt very
ill and feverish. The sea was now rather rough - too rough rather
for small boats, but luckily a sort of thing called a scoot came
out, and we got on board her with some trouble, and got on shore
after a good tossing about which made us all sea-sick. The cable
sent from the CAROLINE was just 60 yards too short and did not
reach the shore, so although the CAROLINE did make the splice late
that night, we could neither test nor speak.
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