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let us wait to remove oiir freezing boots before he took us into 
his house and gave us seats in a warm and comfortable room. 
We were in no condition to sit in anybody's house until we 
had washed and got into clean clothes, but the kindness of the 
station-manager was proof even against the unpleasantness of 
being in a room with us. He gave us cofiee and cakes in the 
Norwegian fashion, and then showed us upstairs to the bath- 
room, where we shed our rags and scrubbed ourselves luxuriously. 
Mr. Sorlle's Icindness did not end with his personal care for 
the three wayfarers who had come to his door. While we were 
washing he gave orders for one of the whaling-vessels to be 
prepared at once in order that it might leave that night for 
the other side of the island and pick up the three men there. 
The whalers knew King Haakon Bay, though they never worked 
on that side of the island. Soon we were clean again. Then 
we put on delightful new clothes supplied from the station 
stores and got rid of our superfluous hair. Within an hour or 
two we had ceased to be savages and had become civilized 
men again. Then came a splendid meal, while Mr. Sorlle told 
us of the arrangements he had made and we discussed plans 
for the rescue of the main party on Elephant Island. 
I arranged that Worsley should go with the relief ship to 
show the exact spot where the carpenter and Ids two com- 
panions were camped, while I started to prepare for the relief 
of the party on Elephant Island. The whaling-vessel that was 
going round to King Haakon Bay was expected back on the 
Monday morning, and was to call at Grytviken Harbour, the 
port from which we had sailed in December 1914, in order that 
the magistrate resident there might be informed of the fate of 
the Endurance. It was possible that letters were awaiting us 
there. Worsley went aboard the whaler at ten o'clock that 
night and turned in. The next day the relief ship entered 
King Haakon Bay and he reached Peggotty Camp in a boat. 
The three men were delighted beyond measure to know that 
we had made the crossing in safety and that their wait under the 
upturned James Caird was ended. Cm-iously enough, they did 
not recognize Worsley, who had left them a hairy, dirty ruffian 
and had returned his spruce and shaven self. They thought 
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