The Upper Berth; By the Waters of Paradise
                        
                     
                                                         
                
                    The Upper Berth; By the Waters of Paradise
                                            
                            F. Marion Crawford
                            
                                28 Oct, 2019                            
                            
                         
                                        
                                                                        Brief Extract: Somebody asked for the cigars. We had talked long, and the conversation was beginning to languish; the tobacco smoke had got into the heavy curtains, the wine had got into those brains which were liable to become heavy, and it was alre
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                                                Brief Extract: Somebody asked for the cigars. We had talked long, and the conversation was beginning to languish; the tobacco smoke had got into the heavy curtains, the wine had got into those brains which were liable to become heavy, and it was already perfectly evident that, unless somebody did something to rouse our oppressed spirits, the meeting would soon come to its natural conclusion, and we, the guests, would speedily go home to bed, and most certainly to sleep. Less