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At half-past ten the Captain rose, and the service began; he read a chapter The Captains eyes glowed with a dark fire at the thought of this wretch As the clock in Victoria Tower struck seven, the tender left her moorings A black mire that British mud which is so rarely absent from the pavement Fabian had not recognized her, although he had cried, It is she Here between the last small deck cabin and the enormous gratings of the Each player stakes one dollar, and draws one of the half or quarter hours: He was a thin, nervous little man, with quick, restless eyes: a physiognomist Two out of six boilers were removed, and one chimney out of three belonging The muddy waters of the Mersey were lashed into foam by the slowly revolving At the same time we had reason to hope that these two poor creatures would After the long separation which had estranged us from each other I heard the irregular roaring of the screw, and the wheels beating the Below us, at a distance of forty feet, the screw was beating the water I thought I recognized in him a friend whom I had not seen for several These well-regulated signals are given by means of a bell The tender, already some distance off, was hailed, and in a few minutes No land in sight; we had doubled Cape Clear in the night I went towards the fore-part of the vessel, the staircase had not yet been These unhappy men, killed and wounded, were only tools, which could be Towards five oclock a small steamer, intended as a shore-boat for the Great Be it as it may, I had not time to observe him more closely At half-past ten, the fog having cleared off, a screw steamer appeared If this plan succeeds, a man will be able to direct the gigantic body It was the reverend gentleman of whom I have before spoken a little He easily collected ninety-six players, including several professed gamblers The result of this pool was not to be known for four days; it was what Before entering upon the last undertaking, the Board of Trade required Beside the Great Eastern, these three-mast ships looked like barges; their At two oclock the fog grew dense again, the wind fell and rose at the same These accumulated vapours rising from the sea constitute the greatest danger A French company, called the Great Eastern Company, Limited It was a Canadian, the Honourable MacAlpine, who undertook the management To weigh anchor under these circumstances required considerable exertion For the benefit of those partial to comparisons, I will add that it is Portmanteaus and bags came in and out of my cabin; an unusual hubbub reigned All these good people seemed to have hats and boots of a dazzling brightness Hatch, was an orator of no mean power The engine-rooms were full of steam; leaning over the hatchway But my imagination carried me no farther; all these things I did indeed Then, after having crossed a small triangular space at the bows The first officer, well wrapped in his macintosh, and perched on the bridge This tall fellow was the exact type of an English officer; his figure was She alone could store on board the 2100 miles of metallic wire weighing The arrangements with regard to the interior are admirable