Chapter I

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading “Not a soul I shall want to speak to—as usual!”

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading NEW YORK LONDON D. Appleton and Company Mcmxxviii As the big liner hung over the tugs swarming about her in the bay of Algiers, Martin Boyne looked down from the promenade deck on the troop of first-class passengers struggling up the gangway, their faces all unconsciously lifted to his inspection.

from one side of something to the other

From this reading They had only to get into a train or on board a boat to run across an old friend; or, what was more exciting, make a new one.

an ancient port on the Mediterranean; the capital and largest city of Algeria

From this reading NEW YORK LONDON D. Appleton and Company Mcmxxviii As the big liner hung over the tugs swarming about her in the bay of Algiers, Martin Boyne looked down from the promenade deck on the troop of first-class passengers struggling up the gangway, their faces all unconsciously lifted to his inspection.

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading NEW YORK LONDON D. Appleton and Company Mcmxxviii As the big liner hung over the tugs swarming about her in the bay of Algiers, Martin Boyne looked down from the promenade deck on the troop of first-class passengers struggling up the gangway, their faces all unconsciously lifted to his inspection.

at all times; all the time and on every occasion

From this reading They were always finding themselves in the same compartment, or in the same cabin, with some wandering celebrity, with the owner of a famous house, of a noted collection, or of an odd and amusing personality—the latter case being, of course, the rarest as it was the most rewarding.

providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining

From this reading They were always finding themselves in the same compartment, or in the same cabin, with some wandering celebrity, with the owner of a famous house, of a noted collection, or of an odd and amusing personality—the latter case being, of course, the rarest as it was the most rewarding.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading They had only to get into a train or on board a boat to run across an old friend; or, what was more exciting, make a new one.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading NEW YORK LONDON D. Appleton and Company Mcmxxviii As the big liner hung over the tugs swarming about her in the bay of Algiers, Martin Boyne looked down from the promenade deck on the troop of first-class passengers struggling up the gangway, their faces all unconsciously lifted to his inspection.

English physicist remembered for his studies of the ionosphere (1892-1966)

From this reading NEW YORK LONDON D. Appleton and Company Mcmxxviii As the big liner hung over the tugs swarming about her in the bay of Algiers, Martin Boyne looked down from the promenade deck on the troop of first-class passengers struggling up the gangway, their faces all unconsciously lifted to his inspection.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading NEW YORK LONDON D. Appleton and Company Mcmxxviii As the big liner hung over the tugs swarming about her in the bay of Algiers, Martin Boyne looked down from the promenade deck on the troop of first-class passengers struggling up the gangway, their faces all unconsciously lifted to his inspection.

an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf

From this reading NEW YORK LONDON D. Appleton and Company Mcmxxviii As the big liner hung over the tugs swarming about her in the bay of Algiers, Martin Boyne looked down from the promenade deck on the troop of first-class passengers struggling up the gangway, their faces all unconsciously lifted to his inspection.

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading They were always finding themselves in the same compartment, or in the same cabin, with some wandering celebrity, with the owner of a famous house, of a noted collection, or of an odd and amusing personality—the latter case being, of course, the rarest as it was the most rewarding.

above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading NEW YORK LONDON D. Appleton and Company Mcmxxviii As the big liner hung over the tugs swarming about her in the bay of Algiers, Martin Boyne looked down from the promenade deck on the troop of first-class passengers struggling up the gangway, their faces all unconsciously lifted to his inspection.

a committee having supervisory powers

From this reading They had only to get into a train or on board a boat to run across an old friend; or, what was more exciting, make a new one.

a small vessel for travel on water

From this reading They had only to get into a train or on board a boat to run across an old friend; or, what was more exciting, make a new one.

a battle in the War of the Grand Alliance in Ireland in 1690; William III defeated the deposed James II and so ended the Catholicism that had been reintroduced in England by the Stuarts

From this reading NEW YORK LONDON D. Appleton and Company Mcmxxviii As the big liner hung over the tugs swarming about her in the bay of Algiers, Martin Boyne looked down from the promenade deck on the troop of first-class passengers struggling up the gangway, their faces all unconsciously lifted to his inspection.

small room on a ship or boat where people sleep

From this reading They were always finding themselves in the same compartment, or in the same cabin, with some wandering celebrity, with the owner of a famous house, of a noted collection, or of an odd and amusing personality—the latter case being, of course, the rarest as it was the most rewarding.

an occurrence of something

From this reading They were always finding themselves in the same compartment, or in the same cabin, with some wandering celebrity, with the owner of a famous house, of a noted collection, or of an odd and amusing personality—the latter case being, of course, the rarest as it was the most rewarding.

a widely known person

From this reading They were always finding themselves in the same compartment, or in the same cabin, with some wandering celebrity, with the owner of a famous house, of a noted collection, or of an odd and amusing personality—the latter case being, of course, the rarest as it was the most rewarding.

several things grouped together or considered as a whole

From this reading They were always finding themselves in the same compartment, or in the same cabin, with some wandering celebrity, with the owner of a famous house, of a noted collection, or of an odd and amusing personality—the latter case being, of course, the rarest as it was the most rewarding.

an institution created to conduct business

From this reading NEW YORK LONDON D. Appleton and Company Mcmxxviii As the big liner hung over the tugs swarming about her in the bay of Algiers, Martin Boyne looked down from the promenade deck on the troop of first-class passengers struggling up the gangway, their faces all unconsciously lifted to his inspection.

a space into which an area is subdivided

From this reading They were always finding themselves in the same compartment, or in the same cabin, with some wandering celebrity, with the owner of a famous house, of a noted collection, or of an odd and amusing personality—the latter case being, of course, the rarest as it was the most rewarding.

education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings

From this reading They were always finding themselves in the same compartment, or in the same cabin, with some wandering celebrity, with the owner of a famous house, of a noted collection, or of an odd and amusing personality—the latter case being, of course, the rarest as it was the most rewarding.

a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets

From this reading NEW YORK LONDON D. Appleton and Company Mcmxxviii As the big liner hung over the tugs swarming about her in the bay of Algiers, Martin Boyne looked down from the promenade deck on the troop of first-class passengers struggling up the gangway, their faces all unconsciously lifted to his inspection.

any of various platforms built into a vessel

From this reading NEW YORK LONDON D. Appleton and Company Mcmxxviii As the big liner hung over the tugs swarming about her in the bay of Algiers, Martin Boyne looked down from the promenade deck on the troop of first-class passengers struggling up the gangway, their faces all unconsciously lifted to his inspection.

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading NEW YORK LONDON D. Appleton and Company Mcmxxviii As the big liner hung over the tugs swarming about her in the bay of Algiers, Martin Boyne looked down from the promenade deck on the troop of first-class passengers struggling up the gangway, their faces all unconsciously lifted to his inspection.

creating or arousing excitement

From this reading They had only to get into a train or on board a boat to run across an old friend; or, what was more exciting, make a new one.

plural of “face” — the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear

From this reading NEW YORK LONDON D. Appleton and Company Mcmxxviii As the big liner hung over the tugs swarming about her in the bay of Algiers, Martin Boyne looked down from the promenade deck on the troop of first-class passengers struggling up the gangway, their faces all unconsciously lifted to his inspection.

widely known and esteemed

From this reading They were always finding themselves in the same compartment, or in the same cabin, with some wandering celebrity, with the owner of a famous house, of a noted collection, or of an odd and amusing personality—the latter case being, of course, the rarest as it was the most rewarding.

the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation

From this reading They were always finding themselves in the same compartment, or in the same cabin, with some wandering celebrity, with the owner of a famous house, of a noted collection, or of an odd and amusing personality—the latter case being, of course, the rarest as it was the most rewarding.

very good; of the highest quality

From this reading NEW YORK LONDON D. Appleton and Company Mcmxxviii As the big liner hung over the tugs swarming about her in the bay of Algiers, Martin Boyne looked down from the promenade deck on the troop of first-class passengers struggling up the gangway, their faces all unconsciously lifted to his inspection.

a person you know well and regard with affection and trust

From this reading They had only to get into a train or on board a boat to run across an old friend; or, what was more exciting, make a new one.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading NEW YORK LONDON D. Appleton and Company Mcmxxviii As the big liner hung over the tugs swarming about her in the bay of Algiers, Martin Boyne looked down from the promenade deck on the troop of first-class passengers struggling up the gangway, their faces all unconsciously lifted to his inspection.

a temporary passageway of planks (as over mud on a building site)

From this reading NEW YORK LONDON D. Appleton and Company Mcmxxviii As the big liner hung over the tugs swarming about her in the bay of Algiers, Martin Boyne looked down from the promenade deck on the troop of first-class passengers struggling up the gangway, their faces all unconsciously lifted to his inspection.

come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading They had only to get into a train or on board a boat to run across an old friend; or, what was more exciting, make a new one.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading They had only to get into a train or on board a boat to run across an old friend; or, what was more exciting, make a new one.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading NEW YORK LONDON D. Appleton and Company Mcmxxviii As the big liner hung over the tugs swarming about her in the bay of Algiers, Martin Boyne looked down from the promenade deck on the troop of first-class passengers struggling up the gangway, their faces all unconsciously lifted to his inspection.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading NEW YORK LONDON D. Appleton and Company Mcmxxviii As the big liner hung over the tugs swarming about her in the bay of Algiers, Martin Boyne looked down from the promenade deck on the troop of first-class passengers struggling up the gangway, their faces all unconsciously lifted to his inspection.

a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families

From this reading They were always finding themselves in the same compartment, or in the same cabin, with some wandering celebrity, with the owner of a famous house, of a noted collection, or of an odd and amusing personality—the latter case being, of course, the rarest as it was the most rewarding.

inflected form of “hang” — be suspended or hanging

From this reading NEW YORK LONDON D. Appleton and Company Mcmxxviii As the big liner hung over the tugs swarming about her in the bay of Algiers, Martin Boyne looked down from the promenade deck on the troop of first-class passengers struggling up the gangway, their faces all unconsciously lifted to his inspection.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading “Not a soul I shall want to speak to—as usual!”

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading NEW YORK LONDON D. Appleton and Company Mcmxxviii As the big liner hung over the tugs swarming about her in the bay of Algiers, Martin Boyne looked down from the promenade deck on the troop of first-class passengers struggling up the gangway, their faces all unconsciously lifted to his inspection.

totally unlikely

From this reading Some men’s luck in travelling was inconceivable.

a formal or official examination

From this reading NEW YORK LONDON D. Appleton and Company Mcmxxviii As the big liner hung over the tugs swarming about her in the bay of Algiers, Martin Boyne looked down from the promenade deck on the troop of first-class passengers struggling up the gangway, their faces all unconsciously lifted to his inspection.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading They had only to get into a train or on board a boat to run across an old friend; or, what was more exciting, make a new one.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading They were always finding themselves in the same compartment, or in the same cabin, with some wandering celebrity, with the owner of a famous house, of a noted collection, or of an odd and amusing personality—the latter case being, of course, the rarest as it was the most rewarding.

referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned (or the last one or ones of several)

From this reading They were always finding themselves in the same compartment, or in the same cabin, with some wandering celebrity, with the owner of a famous house, of a noted collection, or of an odd and amusing personality—the latter case being, of course, the rarest as it was the most rewarding.

held up in the air

From this reading NEW YORK LONDON D. Appleton and Company Mcmxxviii As the big liner hung over the tugs swarming about her in the bay of Algiers, Martin Boyne looked down from the promenade deck on the troop of first-class passengers struggling up the gangway, their faces all unconsciously lifted to his inspection.

(baseball) a hit that flies straight out from the batter

From this reading NEW YORK LONDON D. Appleton and Company Mcmxxviii As the big liner hung over the tugs swarming about her in the bay of Algiers, Martin Boyne looked down from the promenade deck on the troop of first-class passengers struggling up the gangway, their faces all unconsciously lifted to his inspection.

the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center

From this reading NEW YORK LONDON D. Appleton and Company Mcmxxviii As the big liner hung over the tugs swarming about her in the bay of Algiers, Martin Boyne looked down from the promenade deck on the troop of first-class passengers struggling up the gangway, their faces all unconsciously lifted to his inspection.

past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards

From this reading NEW YORK LONDON D. Appleton and Company Mcmxxviii As the big liner hung over the tugs swarming about her in the bay of Algiers, Martin Boyne looked down from the promenade deck on the troop of first-class passengers struggling up the gangway, their faces all unconsciously lifted to his inspection.

your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)

From this reading Some men’s luck in travelling was inconceivable.

engage in

From this reading They had only to get into a train or on board a boat to run across an old friend; or, what was more exciting, make a new one.

French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397)

From this reading NEW YORK LONDON D. Appleton and Company Mcmxxviii As the big liner hung over the tugs swarming about her in the bay of Algiers, Martin Boyne looked down from the promenade deck on the troop of first-class passengers struggling up the gangway, their faces all unconsciously lifted to his inspection.

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From this reading NEW YORK LONDON D. Appleton and Company Mcmxxviii As the big liner hung over the tugs swarming about her in the bay of Algiers, Martin Boyne looked down from the promenade deck on the troop of first-class passengers struggling up the gangway, their faces all unconsciously lifted to his inspection.

a public toilet for men

From this reading Some men’s luck in travelling was inconceivable.

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading They had only to get into a train or on board a boat to run across an old friend; or, what was more exciting, make a new one.

used to form the superlative

From this reading They were always finding themselves in the same compartment, or in the same cabin, with some wandering celebrity, with the owner of a famous house, of a noted collection, or of an odd and amusing personality—the latter case being, of course, the rarest as it was the most rewarding.

not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

From this reading NEW YORK LONDON D. Appleton and Company Mcmxxviii As the big liner hung over the tugs swarming about her in the bay of Algiers, Martin Boyne looked down from the promenade deck on the troop of first-class passengers struggling up the gangway, their faces all unconsciously lifted to his inspection.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading “Not a soul I shall want to speak to—as usual!”

widely known and esteemed

From this reading They were always finding themselves in the same compartment, or in the same cabin, with some wandering celebrity, with the owner of a famous house, of a noted collection, or of an odd and amusing personality—the latter case being, of course, the rarest as it was the most rewarding.

not divisible by two

From this reading They were always finding themselves in the same compartment, or in the same cabin, with some wandering celebrity, with the owner of a famous house, of a noted collection, or of an odd and amusing personality—the latter case being, of course, the rarest as it was the most rewarding.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading NEW YORK LONDON D. Appleton and Company Mcmxxviii As the big liner hung over the tugs swarming about her in the bay of Algiers, Martin Boyne looked down from the promenade deck on the troop of first-class passengers struggling up the gangway, their faces all unconsciously lifted to his inspection.

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading They had only to get into a train or on board a boat to run across an old friend; or, what was more exciting, make a new one.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading NEW YORK LONDON D. Appleton and Company Mcmxxviii As the big liner hung over the tugs swarming about her in the bay of Algiers, Martin Boyne looked down from the promenade deck on the troop of first-class passengers struggling up the gangway, their faces all unconsciously lifted to his inspection.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading They had only to get into a train or on board a boat to run across an old friend; or, what was more exciting, make a new one.

and nothing more

From this reading They had only to get into a train or on board a boat to run across an old friend; or, what was more exciting, make a new one.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading They had only to get into a train or on board a boat to run across an old friend; or, what was more exciting, make a new one.

above and across; more than

From this reading NEW YORK LONDON D. Appleton and Company Mcmxxviii As the big liner hung over the tugs swarming about her in the bay of Algiers, Martin Boyne looked down from the promenade deck on the troop of first-class passengers struggling up the gangway, their faces all unconsciously lifted to his inspection.

(law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business

From this reading They were always finding themselves in the same compartment, or in the same cabin, with some wandering celebrity, with the owner of a famous house, of a noted collection, or of an odd and amusing personality—the latter case being, of course, the rarest as it was the most rewarding.

plural of “passenger” — a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it

From this reading NEW YORK LONDON D. Appleton and Company Mcmxxviii As the big liner hung over the tugs swarming about her in the bay of Algiers, Martin Boyne looked down from the promenade deck on the troop of first-class passengers struggling up the gangway, their faces all unconsciously lifted to his inspection.

the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual

From this reading They were always finding themselves in the same compartment, or in the same cabin, with some wandering celebrity, with the owner of a famous house, of a noted collection, or of an odd and amusing personality—the latter case being, of course, the rarest as it was the most rewarding.

a formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year

From this reading NEW YORK LONDON D. Appleton and Company Mcmxxviii As the big liner hung over the tugs swarming about her in the bay of Algiers, Martin Boyne looked down from the promenade deck on the troop of first-class passengers struggling up the gangway, their faces all unconsciously lifted to his inspection.

superlative of “rare” — not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness

From this reading They were always finding themselves in the same compartment, or in the same cabin, with some wandering celebrity, with the owner of a famous house, of a noted collection, or of an odd and amusing personality—the latter case being, of course, the rarest as it was the most rewarding.

providing personal satisfaction

From this reading They were always finding themselves in the same compartment, or in the same cabin, with some wandering celebrity, with the owner of a famous house, of a noted collection, or of an odd and amusing personality—the latter case being, of course, the rarest as it was the most rewarding.

move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time

From this reading They had only to get into a train or on board a boat to run across an old friend; or, what was more exciting, make a new one.

Identical; not different.

From this reading They were always finding themselves in the same compartment, or in the same cabin, with some wandering celebrity, with the owner of a famous house, of a noted collection, or of an odd and amusing personality—the latter case being, of course, the rarest as it was the most rewarding.

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading “Not a soul I shall want to speak to—as usual!”

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading Some men’s luck in travelling was inconceivable.

the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life

From this reading “Not a soul I shall want to speak to—as usual!”

express in speech

From this reading “Not a soul I shall want to speak to—as usual!”

engaged in a struggle to overcome especially poverty or obscurity

From this reading NEW YORK LONDON D. Appleton and Company Mcmxxviii As the big liner hung over the tugs swarming about her in the bay of Algiers, Martin Boyne looked down from the promenade deck on the troop of first-class passengers struggling up the gangway, their faces all unconsciously lifted to his inspection.

-ing form of “swarm” — be teeming, be abuzz

From this reading NEW YORK LONDON D. Appleton and Company Mcmxxviii As the big liner hung over the tugs swarming about her in the bay of Algiers, Martin Boyne looked down from the promenade deck on the troop of first-class passengers struggling up the gangway, their faces all unconsciously lifted to his inspection.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading NEW YORK LONDON D. Appleton and Company Mcmxxviii As the big liner hung over the tugs swarming about her in the bay of Algiers, Martin Boyne looked down from the promenade deck on the troop of first-class passengers struggling up the gangway, their faces all unconsciously lifted to his inspection.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading NEW YORK LONDON D. Appleton and Company Mcmxxviii As the big liner hung over the tugs swarming about her in the bay of Algiers, Martin Boyne looked down from the promenade deck on the troop of first-class passengers struggling up the gangway, their faces all unconsciously lifted to his inspection.

used when the people doing the action are also its object

From this reading They were always finding themselves in the same compartment, or in the same cabin, with some wandering celebrity, with the owner of a famous house, of a noted collection, or of an odd and amusing personality—the latter case being, of course, the rarest as it was the most rewarding.

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading They had only to get into a train or on board a boat to run across an old friend; or, what was more exciting, make a new one.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading NEW YORK LONDON D. Appleton and Company Mcmxxviii As the big liner hung over the tugs swarming about her in the bay of Algiers, Martin Boyne looked down from the promenade deck on the troop of first-class passengers struggling up the gangway, their faces all unconsciously lifted to his inspection.

create by training and teaching

From this reading They had only to get into a train or on board a boat to run across an old friend; or, what was more exciting, make a new one.

the act of going from one place to another

From this reading Some men’s luck in travelling was inconceivable.

a group of soldiers

From this reading NEW YORK LONDON D. Appleton and Company Mcmxxviii As the big liner hung over the tugs swarming about her in the bay of Algiers, Martin Boyne looked down from the promenade deck on the troop of first-class passengers struggling up the gangway, their faces all unconsciously lifted to his inspection.

plural of “tug” — a sudden abrupt pull

From this reading NEW YORK LONDON D. Appleton and Company Mcmxxviii As the big liner hung over the tugs swarming about her in the bay of Algiers, Martin Boyne looked down from the promenade deck on the troop of first-class passengers struggling up the gangway, their faces all unconsciously lifted to his inspection.

without awareness

From this reading NEW YORK LONDON D. Appleton and Company Mcmxxviii As the big liner hung over the tugs swarming about her in the bay of Algiers, Martin Boyne looked down from the promenade deck on the troop of first-class passengers struggling up the gangway, their faces all unconsciously lifted to his inspection.

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading NEW YORK LONDON D. Appleton and Company Mcmxxviii As the big liner hung over the tugs swarming about her in the bay of Algiers, Martin Boyne looked down from the promenade deck on the troop of first-class passengers struggling up the gangway, their faces all unconsciously lifted to his inspection.

occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure

From this reading “Not a soul I shall want to speak to—as usual!”

migratory

From this reading They were always finding themselves in the same compartment, or in the same cabin, with some wandering celebrity, with the owner of a famous house, of a noted collection, or of an odd and amusing personality—the latter case being, of course, the rarest as it was the most rewarding.

feel or have a desire for; want strongly

From this reading “Not a soul I shall want to speak to—as usual!”

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Some men’s luck in travelling was inconceivable.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading They were always finding themselves in the same compartment, or in the same cabin, with some wandering celebrity, with the owner of a famous house, of a noted collection, or of an odd and amusing personality—the latter case being, of course, the rarest as it was the most rewarding.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading They had only to get into a train or on board a boat to run across an old friend; or, what was more exciting, make a new one.

in the company of; together with

From this reading They were always finding themselves in the same compartment, or in the same cabin, with some wandering celebrity, with the owner of a famous house, of a noted collection, or of an odd and amusing personality—the latter case being, of course, the rarest as it was the most rewarding.

the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose

From this reading NEW YORK LONDON D. Appleton and Company Mcmxxviii As the big liner hung over the tugs swarming about her in the bay of Algiers, Martin Boyne looked down from the promenade deck on the troop of first-class passengers struggling up the gangway, their faces all unconsciously lifted to his inspection.