That lower deck was a kind of horses' hell.

Two or three turns on the long, shining deck would be quite a morning walk, and the immense dining-room appears larger still, from the mirrors on every side.

His smiles and translations soon collected a group of officers, and the sentry respectfully dropping a little on one side, the deck around the state-room of the prisoner became a sort of parquet to a very amusing representation.

"Might one suggest," he did suggest in iced accents, "that the quarter-deck is a fairly conspicuous place for this exhibition of family affection?" Liane Delorme turned up an enquiring look, tinged slightly with an impatience which all at once proved too much for her.

The quarter-deck of action for Admiral Lowry, commanding the great base on the Forth, which was begun before the war and hastened to completion since, was a substantial brick building.

Now the main deck overhead was a sounding-board for thumps and rustle of many hurried feet.

The deck was almost dry, and, the hatches having been fastened, John was agreeably surprised to find but little damage done by the water.

It is in vain that the deck of an English merchant vessel is the soil of the country; a belligerent is authorized to seize it, if it is carrying men employed in behalf of the enemy; officers, for example.

"Von Ludwig here says the deck was a full deck.

The anchor was no sooner aweigh, than the deck became a scene of activity.

The Deck Is Ours XXI In Full Possession XXII

The night was a bad one, and the next morning we had not got through it, and as a consequence the decks were like lagoons; but presently we had run through it, or it had run away from us, or had expended its energy, and we were in comparatively smooth waters, and had a comfortable run to New York.