noon
`` It 's a shame to stay below this morning , '' said Miss Keene , instinctively recognizing the cause of the discord and its remedy . `` I 'm going on deck again -- if I can manage to get there . '' The three gentlemen sprang to accompany her ; and , in their efforts to keep their physical balance and hers equally , the social equilibrium was restored . By noon , however , the heavy cross-sea had abated , and the Excelsior bore west . When she once more rose and fell regularly on the long rhythmical swell of the Pacific , most of the passengers regained the deck . Even Mrs. Brimmer and Miss Chubb ventured from their staterooms , and were conveyed to and installed in some state on a temporary divan of cushions and shawls on the lee side . For even in this small republic of equal cabin passengers the undemocratic and distinction-loving sex had managed to create a sham exclusiveness .