two
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There was a vast deal too much competition for seats in the afternoon . This competition led to quarrels , unseemly language , and deplorable loss of temper . It also led to loss of time . Denry was therefore benefiting humanity by charging three shillings after two o'clock . This simple and benign device equalised the competition throughout the day , and made Denry richer by seven or eight pounds a week . But his fertility of invention did not stop there . One morning the earliest excursionists saw a sort of Robinson Crusoe marooned on the strip of beach near the wreck .