That is his wife over there, with a companion holding her shawl for her.

That pretty little woman, next to her, is the wife of Captain Tibbets, the tall man leaning against the bulwarks.

Those two sisters are going out to keep house for their uncle, one of the leading men in Madras; and, I suppose, to get husbands, which they will most likely do before they have been there many weeks.

They look very nice girls.
"But you soon get acquainted with them all.

It is surprising how soon people get friendly on board ship, though, as a rule, they quarrel like cats and dogs before they get to the end of it." "What do they quarrel about ?" Charlie asked, surprised.
"Oh, about anything or nothing," the doctor said.