The Argosy . sooner had we set foot onboard than the rain ceased. We accepted it in a spirit of optimism,and once more did well. We scarcely saw rain again, or even acloud, until we returned to England. Having satisfactorily settled our sleeping quarters, the next thing was to choose our places in the saloon. In this we were equally fortunate : so much so that it seemed as if inspiration, not accident, ha^ guided us. There were two long tables in the centre and four small ones on either side. We chose one of the small ones, and our arty of six found only one thing to regret: that the day must
The Argosy . sooner had we set foot onboard than the rain ceased. We accepted it in a spirit of optimism,and once more did well. We scarcely saw rain again, or even acloud, until we returned to England. Having satisfactorily settled our sleeping quarters, the next thing was to choose our places in the saloon. In this we were equally fortunate : so much so that it seemed as if inspiration, not accident, ha^ guided us. There were two long tables in the centre and four small ones on either side. We chose one of the small ones, and our arty of six found only one thing to regret: that the day must come .hen we should be scattered and each one go his separate way. One )f our sextett was a judge, and by his varied experiences of human .ature, his fund of anecdote, his intellectual conversation, he harmed away the hours : whilst his inexhaustible store of dry iiumour kept us from fi^rst to last in convulsions of laughter : laughter that was almost of as much physical advantage to us as the vcyatre Peak of Gibraltar—Facing Spain.
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