A steward, taken unawares, was thrown headlong on top of his laden tray.

Others were compelled to clutch the backs of chairs and cling to pillars.

One man involuntarily seized the hair of a lady who devoted an hour before each meal to her coiffure.

The _Sirdar_, with a frenzied bound, tried to turn a somersault.
"A change of course," observed the doctor.

"They generally try to avoid it when people are in the saloon, but a typhoon admits of no labored politeness.