"My own experience in the dramatic line has been so extensive that I shall have no difficulty in posting you.

I am surprised, though, that you did not recognize this boat as having been built by one of the profession, and especially adapted to its requirements.

There are certain features about the _Whatnot_--which, by the way, I consider a most original and attractive name--that are intended to indicate--" "Suppah, sah! An' Missy Sabel awaitin'," interrupted Solon, thrusting his woolly head into the doorway at that moment.
Glad as Winn was of this diversion, and though he was as thankful as only a famished boy can be that a bountiful meal awaited him, he would willingly have gone hungry a little longer rather than enter that dining-room just then.

Although the engine-room did not afford a mirror, he was conscious that he must present about as absurd a figure as can well be conceived.

He was bare-footed, and the left leg of his trousers was turned up to keep it from the floor, while the right, owing to the Captain's misfortune, barely reached his ankle.