From: Grimstead <ap...@h-...> - 2009-08-21 07:17:36
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other's acquaintance, passed the usual inane remarks about the absurdly inconvenient arrangements generally of the ship. Some half a dozen stewards were showing the passengers to their places at table, as they passed in through the doorways; and upon my entrance I was at once pounced upon by one of the aforesaid stewards, who, in semi-confidential tones, remarked: "This way, if you please, sir. It's Cap'n Dacre's orders that you was to be seated close alongside of him." As I followed the man down the length of the roomy, ha |