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on the door of the saloon, where dinner was laid. They did not immediately take their places, for it is the etiquette on the Lake boats to wait for the Captain and lady passengers, before the word is given to fall to.

However they hug the backs of the seats looking daggers at the viands on the table, until the skipper passes through to the Ladies cabin, from where he soon emerges with a next word underlined: lady under each arm, followed by the others — and moving to the head of the table, arranges them on his right and left. All this time, it is most amusing to watch the countenances of the next word underlined: Gents who surround the table.

They all appear, as if about to be