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She smiled assent . `` Ditto to that last , '' she said . `` You are n't a western man , are you ? '' she continued , as Hollister took her by the arm and led her toward a cabin abaft the wheelhouse on the boat deck , a roomy lounging place unoccupied save by a fat woman taking a midday nap in one corner , her double chin sunk on her ample bosom . `` No , '' he said . `` I 'm from the East . But I spent some time out here once or twice , and I remembered the coast as a place I liked .