On the other hand, they might not; but it is always well to take a cheerful view of things.

People who cross the Atlantic in yachts are very different from the regular crowds that go backwards and forwards in the great lines.

They are seldom in a hurry, and have generally made a good many voyages before.

Perhaps the Duke himself, in his quality of host, was the most uncomfortable man on board.

He did not see how the Countess and the Doctor could possibly survive being shut up together in a small vessel, for he was convinced that Barker knew all about their difficulty.