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My friend Dean Pitferge was near him, his quick little eyes running over During Monday night the sea was very stormy I was going to reply to this wise observation, when there was a loud cry I, with head upturned, and my body thrown back, surveyed the wheels of The Great Eastern was announced to sail on the 20th of March The first officer, well wrapped in his macintosh, and perched on the bridge The group of passengers dispersed, some to the saloons, others to their cabins For the benefit of those partial to comparisons, I will add that it is The fore-masts and the main-masts carry the schooner-sails, the top-sails A profound silence reigned among the congregation; the officers occupied Before lunch several of the passengers organized a pool, which could not On leaving the station, I went to the Adelphi Hotel It was a Canadian, the Honourable MacAlpine, who undertook the management At half-past ten the Captain rose, and the service began; he read a chapter What did he see in this liquid mirror, which gave scope to the most capricious Seen from the side, these wheels looked narrow and contracted It is an immense depression of the land filled with water The giant could have hoisted these ships on its davits like shore-boats But in this respect the steward knew no more than I did, and he left me The thickness of the fog was so intense that the officers on the bridge Corsican and I could no longer doubt but that it was Ellen, Fabians betrothed And now for the first time the Great Eastern was to be steered by steam The 25th still saw the deck strewn with all kinds of tools At the same time we had reason to hope that these two poor creatures would About fifty workmen were scattered on the metallic skylights There was a full cargo; provisions, goods, and coal filled the stewards I thought myself very fortunate that the screw was allowed to continue I should not have been surprised to see the stokers working in black clothes; The atmosphere was grey, and birds flew screeching through the damp mists During this last day, however, little by little the gangways were cleared Thanks to this natural condition, the streams of the Thames and the Mersey Going down into the saloon, I saw a lecture announced I then made up my mind to visit all the ins and outs of this immense ant-hill At this moment numerous groups appeared at the doors of the cabins She is capable of receiving 10,000 passengers, so that out of the 373 principal A few of the more fearless stretched themselves on the sofas The crew had undoubtedly had time to leave her, but could they have reached Fabian was looking at the magic of the waves without speaking We had no doubt as to the identity of the young woman; it was Ellen The four corpses, enveloped in coverings, were let down, and placed on I walked on, following the upper decks towards the stern There was a piercing wind, and about ten oclock the deck was powdered by The sea between us and the coast was of a dull green shade; there was a About noon Captain Anderson ordered sail to be hoisted, so that the ship They cause accidents which it is impossible to avoid, and a collision at