According to the rules on the boat, the boatman must rescue anyone drowning in the water, regardless of the social status of the victim.

Now the boatman only claimed that he found a person floating on the water who looked like a noble person without mentioning saving the drowning person. Obviously, he must have confirmed that the person was dead.

Encountering a floating corpse before they started enjoying the boat ride was definitely not an agreeable thing, but it ...