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It was a sharp squall that suddenly struck the Guardian-Mother, heeling her / over so that everything movable on her decks or below went over to the lee / side, and sending no small quantity of salt water over her pilot-house. It / had begun to be what the ladies called rough some hours before; and with / them Captain Ringgold's reputation as a prophet was in peril, for he had / predicted a smooth sea all the way to Bombay.
The Blanche, the steam-yacht of General Noury, which was only a trifle / larger than the Guardian-Mother, rolled even more. She was following the / latter, and seemed to be of about equal speed, though no trial had been / made between them. Miss Blanche and Louis had retreated to a dryer place / than the promenade when the shower of spray broke over the pilot-house upon / them, leaving the commander and Mr. Scott there.