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We reached Port Said without interruption at five o'clock on a gloomy afternoon, and my father managed to get his papers signed so he could clear the port an hour later.
We had used our steam to make the journey through the Canal, and so we determined to steam for the next twelve hours, at least, in order to show our heel to Egypt as soon as possible.