Homeward Bound

Chapter 21

There was a solemn and exciting interest in the situation of those who

remained in the vessel, after the party of bustling seamen had left them.

The night came in bland and tranquil, and although there was no moon, they

walked the deck for hours with strange sensations of enjoyment, mingled

with those of loneliness and desertion. Mr. Effingham and his cousin

retired to their rooms long before the others, who continued their

exercise with a freedom and an absence of restraint, that they had not

before felt, since subjected to the confinement of the ship.

"Our situation is at least novel," Eve observed, "for a party of

Parisians, Viennois, Romans, or by whatever name we may be

properly styled."

"Say Swiss, then," returned Mr. Blunt; "for I believe that even the

cosmopolite has a