Wm has booked passage aboard the Megantic, ostensibly to save his brother from his stomach. For his part, H’ry is more pleased that Wm‘s wife is coming too:
“The news of Alice’s coming is a boundless blessing — though your won’t find me, alas, in any state to boast of. But an immense change for the better will come, I feel, with your advent — that will be my cure.”
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| The Megantic. By comparison, cruise ships today have broken the 200,000 ton barrier. |