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" Master Braun suited the action to the words, and as he was literally forced to squeeze his huge body through the narrow companion- way, Janet whispered to Percy: " Would you like to stay in that dark place with such a great pig as that man ? " The Journey 31 The boy made no reply, and Mistress Janet said reprovingly : " Oh, Percy, would you be willing to do that which would displease our uncle, the Major?" " I'm ready to stay here with you Janet ; but it is so cold, and I wonder if our uncle ...would really sit on this hard bench rather than go into the cabin, no matter how dark and dirty it may be?" ' " But think that all these people will go down there perhaps even the captain himself. " " That's what I am thinking of, Janet ; but it doesn't make me any the warmer. " Then the girl covered him yet more closely, at her own expense, and one by one the passen- gers went below until that tiny cabin must have been literally packed with human beings. Captain Seaman followed his patrons; but it might readily be seen that he was not comfort- able in mind, for he came up the companion- way more than once to make certain the young passengers were comparatively safe.
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