"Did you wake me up?" asked Sam.
"Yes; but I had hard work to do it."
"Is it time to get up?"
"I should think it was. Didn't you hear the gong?"
"No."
"It sounded loud enough. Well, you'd better hurry, or you'll be too late for the cars."
This roused Sam. He thought of Julia, and jumped out of the birth. He quickly put on his coat and shoes, and went up two flights of stairs to the saloon, on either side of which were the staterooms.
He went to Julia's—No. 11—near the forward end of the boat, and found the door shut.
He knocked, but was not immediately answered.
"Julia must have overslept herself, too," he thought.