_Very fair._--Really delightful. Nothing could be pleasanter. Sunshine.
Ozone. Does everyone a world of good. Would not miss such a passage for
worlds.
_Fair._--Yes; it is decidedly an improvement upon a railway carriage.
Room to move about. I don't in the least mind the eighty odd minutes. If
cold, you can put on a wrap, and there you are.
_Change._--Always thought there was something to be said in favour of
the Channel Tunnel. Of course, one likes to be patriotic, but the
movement in a choppy sea is the reverse of invigorating.
_Wind._--There should be a notice when a bad passage is expected. It's
all very well to describe this as "moderate," but that doesn't prevent
the beastly waves from running mountains high.
_Stormy._--It is simply disgraceful. Would not have come if I had known.
Too depressed to say anything. Where is the steward?
_Gale._--Why--was--I--ever--born?
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[Illustration: EUPHEMISM
_Man in Boat._ "Come along, old chap, and let's pull up to Marlow."
_Man on Shore._ "I think I'll get you to excuse me, old man. I don't
like sculling--it--er--hurts the back of my head so!"]
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[Illustration: A CRISIS
_His Better and Stouter Half._ "Oh, Charley, if we're upset, you mean to
say you expect me to get into _this_?"
[_Horror-stricken husband has no answer ready._
]
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