There they would remain, long after the lamps below had been extinguished, some of them sleeping through the whole night in the comparative coolness of the air.

But it was from eight, when tea would be over, till midnight, that the hum of voices would be thickest, and the tread of those who walked for their exercise the most frequent.
At such times Caldigate would be often alone; for though he had made acquaintances, and had become indeed intimate with some of those around him, he had never thrust himself into the life of the ship as Shand had done.

Charades were acted in the second cabin, in which Shand always took part,--and there were penny readings, at which Shand was often the reader.

And he smoked much and drank somewhat with those who smoked and drank.

The awe at first inspired by his university superiority and supposed rank in the world had faded almost into nothing, but by Caldigate, unconsciously, much of this had been preserved.