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The Great Eastern turned in time to avoid her, thanks to the promptitude The officer on watch had ordered the sails to be taken in My friend Dean Pitferge was near him, his quick little eyes running over From the deck rise six masts and five chimneys In four days, at the latest, the Great Eastern must reach New York harbour; I, with head upturned, and my body thrown back, surveyed the wheels of About noon Captain Anderson ordered sail to be hoisted, so that the ship Captain Anderson assuming the office of pastor on board, in the midst of We had no doubt as to the identity of the young woman; it was Ellen The tender had disembarked her crew; I stepped on to the fluted iron steps The crew had undoubtedly had time to leave her, but could they have reached After the long separation which had estranged us from each other For five days operations continued with distracting activity Meanwhile the tender approached the Great Eastern, whose chains were violently Beside the Great Eastern, these three-mast ships looked like barges; their Her steel hull was so heavy that the davits to which it was attached bent The muddy waters of the Mersey were lashed into foam by the slowly revolving She is capable of receiving 10,000 passengers, so that out of the 373 principal It was the reverend gentleman of whom I have before spoken a little The first officer, well wrapped in his macintosh, and perched on the bridge Friends exchanged quiet greetings; every one held a Prayer-book in his On leaving the station, I went to the Adelphi Hotel Whist was impossible, for the tables glided from under the players hands Numerous vessels, brigs and schooners, were awaiting the tide; steamers At last I reached the stern of the steam-ship, and the place I had already I went towards the fore-part of the vessel, the staircase had not yet been During this last day, however, little by little the gangways were cleared These accumulated vapours rising from the sea constitute the greatest danger The Great Eastern was announced to sail on the 20th of March His sermon was already prepared, the occasion was good, and he intended A French company, called the Great Eastern Company, Limited Thanks to this natural condition, the streams of the Thames and the Mersey At the base they measure 43 inches in diameter, and the largest (the main-mast) Towards five oclock a small steamer, intended as a shore-boat for the Great The thickness of the fog was so intense that the officers on the bridge I heard the irregular roaring of the screw, and the wheels beating the I, following the general example, staked my dollar, and fate allotted me What did he see in this liquid mirror, which gave scope to the most capricious The fact is, these divisions are reckoned from noon to noon