"Had a lovely night's sleep.

I was really over my sickness yesterday, but I just devoted myself to resting up.

I slept ten solid hours--what do you think of that ?" "I wish I could say the same," I replied with appropriate dejection, as I swung in beside her, for she had evinced her intention of promenading.
"Oh, then you've been sick ?" "On the contrary," I answered dryly.

"And I wish I had been.

I haven't had five hours' sleep all told since I came on board.