in charles gayarré's 1872 novel "fernando de lemos: truth and fiction", the pirate dominique youx confessed to capturing the schooner "patriot", killing its crew and making its passenger, theodosia burr alston (june 21, 1783 – approximately january 2 or 3, 1813) walk the plank. "she stepped on it and descended into the sea with graceful composure, as if she had been alighting from a carriage," gayarré wrote in youx's voice. "she sank, and rising again, she, with an indescribable smile of angelic sweetness, waved her hand to me as if she meant to say: 'farewell, and thanks again'; and then sank forever." because gayarré mixed fact with fiction, it unknown whether youx's confession was real or not.