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4.14smy mother grabbed me and made for the nearest life-car.
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4.29sBut the places were all taken by surface passengers.
2.54sAs my mother held me tight,
4.59sI suddenly felt the gentle tap of a cane on my face.
4.7sI turned to see the kindly smile of Mr. Astor.
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2.67sThanks to your husband's humanity,
5.44sI lived to raise my own daughter, and she, a daughter in turn.
2.65sMom, why have I never heard this?
1.7s(WHISPERING) My mother's nuts.
1.68sI beg you, Mrs. Astor,
2.6sif you truly want to honor your husband's memory,
3.74streat these people with dignity, as he did.
3.97sOh, he was a dear man, Mr. Astor.