Quite chilled through, I was immediately struck by the warm comfort of the cabin.

All the connecting doors were open, making what I might call a large suite of rooms or a whale house.

The main-deck entrance, on the port side, was into a wide, well-carpeted hallway.

Into this hallway, from the port side, opened five rooms: first, on entering, the mate's; next, the two state-rooms which had been knocked into one for me; then the steward's room; and, adjoining his, completing the row, a state-room which was used for the slop-chest.
Across the hall was a region with which I was not yet acquainted, though I knew it contained the dining-room, the bath-rooms, the cabin proper, which was in truth a spacious living-room, the captain's quarters, and, undoubtedly, Miss West's quarters.

I could hear her humming some air as she bustled about with her unpacking.