No men drunk, no women crying, no
singing or swearing, no confusion or bustle on deck - nobody
apparently aware that they had anything to do. The look of the
thing was that the ship had been spoken to civilly and had kindly
undertaken to do everything that was necessary without any further
interference. I have a nice cabin with plenty of room for my legs
in my berth and have slept two nights like a top. Then we have the
ladies' cabin set apart as an engineer's office, and I think this
decidedly the nicest place in the ship: 35 ft. x 20 ft. broad -
four tables, three great mirrors, plenty of air and no heat from
the funnels which spoil the great dining-room. I saw a whole
library of books on the walls when here last, and this made me less
anxious to provide light literature; but alas, to-day I find that
they are every one bibles or prayer-books. Now one cannot read
many hundred bibles. . . . As for the motion of the ship it is not
very much, but 'twill suffice. Thomson shook hands and wished me
well. I DO like Thomson. . . . Tell Austin that the GREAT EASTERN
has six masts and four funnels.
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