What "saves" the correspondent, cook, and captain in the end? (Why do they survive but not the oiler?

in the end he survives by clinging to the overturned boat as it is washed into shallow water by the surf. Even then, he waves away a rescuer and points to the correspondent, indicating that he should be helped ashore first. The cook is described as fat and untidily dressed.

i don't have enough information to answer with a sure choice but these are the two answers that could answer your question:

impossible to solve.

incapable of being dissolved.

hope this ! =^-^=

can you list the entire question and narrative on the strangers moving to a town? or screenshot your question and i can better form a paragraph suited to match the question.