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"Fine! I went over to the dry dock and turned into a bunk on the schooner."
She made a mouth at the mirror. "That was no place to sleep. You should have taken a comfortable room at the hotel."
Jan was silent.
"Yes, you should. I'll be right out."
She came out, but with her face veiled, and clung close to him as they walked the deck. Jan sniffed the air.
"Snow, I think," he said.
"Meaning a storm? I was never in a storm. Are they terrible?"
"A storm is nothing," said Jan, "when you get used to them. But will we go in to supper?"
They went in. The boat was now outside the harbor and pitching slightly.