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You may
order luncheon for us in the Ritz restaurant. The head steward has
been instructed to reserve the corner table for the whole voyage."
"The 'ead waiter, sir," corrected Hobbs politely, and was gone.
In three minutes he was back with the information that two ladies had
taken the table and refused to be dislodged, although the head waiter
had vainly tried to convince them that it was reserved for the
passage by R. Schmidt and party.
"I am quite sure, sir, he put it to them very hagreeably and
politely, but the young lady gave 'im the 'aughtiest look I've ever
seen on mortal fice, sir, and he came back to me so 'umble that I
could 'ardly believe he was an 'ead waiter."
"I hope he was not unnecessarily persistent," said the Prince,
annoyed. "It really is of no consequence where we sit."
"Ladies first, world without end," said Dank. "Especially at sea."
"He was not persistent, sir. In fact he was hextraordinary subdued
all the time he was hexplaining the situation to them. I could tell
by the way his back looked, sir.


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