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As the man of the family and courier of the expedition, Leicester had assumed an air of importance, and looked after the baggage checks, tickets and time-tables with an effect of official guardianship.
"Why, it's a steamboat! " exclaimed Fairy, as a diminutive steamer came puffing up to the dock. "I thought it would be a canal-boat."