In each of the following questions five or six sentences are given. These are labelled as A, B, C, D, E and F. Rearrange these sentences in a proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.

A . A few minutes later he was hauled back on board the ship, on the captain’s orders.

B . One of the crew began to complain and moan about the situation and no one could silence him

C . arvelling at the change, the passengers asked for an explanation, to which the captain replied. “We never appreciate how well off we are in a situation until we fall into a worse one."

D . During a voyage a great storm arose.

E . In exasperation the captain ordered him to be thrown overboard.

F . In everyone’s surprise, the man immediately went back to his post and silently began to work.

Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?