1/22 CHAPTER III. There were not many other people on deck. I was expecting young Rectus to have his turn at sea-sickness, but he disappointed me. He inquired how fast we were going, and then he worked the whole thing out, from Sandy Hook to Savannah, marking on the map the hours at which he ought to be at such and such a place. He tried his best to get his map of the course all right, and made a good many alterations, so that we were off Cape Charles several times in the course of the day. |