Note 146 — Chapter VIII · “SUCCESS TO OLD CORNWALL!”
Reading edition
Miss Harvey related (in the Eastern Daily Press) a story of Borrow’s prowess as a swimmer and diver. He was bathing with a friend, and after he had plunged under water, nothing was seen of him for so long a time that his companion began to be alarmed. Presently, Borrow’s voice was heard from afar off, crying: “There! If that had been written in one of my books, they would have said it was a lie, wouldn’t they?”