reassuring-himself

Updated: June 11, 2025

But his search ended in nothing; and the only plan that suggested itself was again to have recourse to Miss Herbey's red shawl, of which a fragment was wrapped round the head of the hammer. After testing the strength of his line, and reassuring-himself that it was fastened firmly both to the hammer and to the raft, the boatswain lowered it into the water.

Jules Verne - The Survivors of the Chancellor, diary of J.R. Kazallon, passenger