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foot appeared and he was soon
down. but still the lid wasn't
secured over the hole and twice
as the sailor pulled it down it
sprang up again. Com. Nichols
helped pull and the sailor hammered
the fastener and the water began
coming up around the Coning
tower. It seemed most casual.
Soon we were under and [lookup?]
out ot the port holes. There was so
particular feeling for it was quite
light, and is quite far down. The
top of the water looking up is lovely.
A soft grayish blue with the
bubbles of the waves making lovely
designs. I couldn't help thinking
what a lovely ceiling for a ball
room. We watched quite a while
and then went down to give the
other ladies a chance. There were
several men below watching the
various controls and the rest of
the crew were in the galley waiting
{illegible} playing chess. Philip Nichols