The investigators awoke to find the Mauretania  well on her way across the Atlantic.  Lya (who had never been on a steamship) and Prof. Fairwether were quite seasick and remained in their cabins.  First class staterooms (Alisa, Rupert, Fairwether)  were situated amidships, which minimized pitch and discomfort.  Each stateroom had a private bath and toilet.  Second class accommodations (Nell, Lya, Dan'l, Niles) were situated just above the engine rooms near the stern, and the noise and vibrations were somewhat unpleasant.  Each room had a washbasin, but toilets and showers were communal.  Third class quarters were situated in the ship's bow and were quite unpleasant, due to the pitch of the ship.

The others found the sea air invigorating.   Rupert attended the French class, Dan'l and Niles performed calisthenics, while Nell strolled about the 2nd class promenade.  There she encountered the four collegiate men and overheard part of their conversation, dealing with collegiate football.  She learned that the older man was a professor from the University of Chicago and the other men were graduate students.  Alisa attempted to exercise vigorously but found her previous injuries too painful.  She instead went to the sauna and had a massage, which helped immensely.

That afternoon, the mandatory lifeboat drill occurred.  Everyone, including Lya and Fairwether, had to put on a life jacket, report to their designated lifeboat station,  and be instructed in ship evacuation procedures.  Afterward, Lya was so sick that Nell took her to the ship's doctor for 2nd class passengers, who prescribed  Horsford's Acid Phosphate .  The elixir quickly made Lya so drowsy that Nell and Dan'l had to take her back to her cabin and put her to bed.

That evening, Rupert and Alisa attended a welcoming party in the Grand Salon for the 1st class passengers.  Rupert learned from one of the stewards that the man with the bodyguards was a Russian nobleman, now in exile because of the Bolshevik Revolution.  Alisa, ever alert to a business opportunity, sent a bottle of  vodka  over to the Russian's table, with her compliments.  The nobleman then came over and introduced himself as Count Mikhail Andreivitch Kurasov, returning to Europe after a business trip to America.  Alisa offered to discuss investments with him at some point during the voyage, and learned that although most of his properties were lost to the Bolsheviks, he had retained his estates in Poland and Lithuania.  The Count seemed quite interested in diversifying his assets, given the unstable political situation in Eastern Europe.  The Count recognized Rupert as the author of Personal Reminiscences of the Siege of Port Arthur, and suggested he write a book about the Bolshevik Revolution.  Rupert replied that he had been considering such a project and had already gathered numerous anecdotal stories, including some from the US soldiers who had taken part in the ill-conceived American intervention in 1920.  He told the Count that he was anxious to get more stories from Russian sources and would appreciate any information the Count could provide.

Rupert also made a point of introducing himself to Fritz Kreisler, whom he recognized from his appearance on this week's cover of Time magazine.  Kreisler was on his way back to Vienna after an extensive American concert tour.  Rupert asked the famous violinist about his experiences in the Great War, having read his book  Four Weeks in the Trenches .  Kreisler had served in the Austro-Hungarian army on the Eastern front until being seriously wounded.

Rupert also recognized the Captain of the Mauretania,  Arthur Rostron , famous for having responded to the Titanic's distress call while captain of the Carpathia.
 

Alisa was seated at Captain Rostron's table for dinner, along with Count Kurasov and other distinguished travellers, including Dr. and Mrs. Kreisler.  She noticed that the Count employed a food taster and that at least two bodyguards were always nearby.

Afterwards, Nell, Alisa, Rupert, and Dan'l attended the lecture on "Recent Developments in Egyptology".  During the question and answer session, Dan'l asked if explosives were useful in excavating tombs and was told "definitely not!".  He then asked an oblique question about Sir Aubrey Penhew and received no new information.

Niles, meanwhile, spent the evening at the nightclub, taking in a variety show.

At midnight the ship's clocks were advanced one hour.

Sunday, Feb. 1

The next morning, Lya felt much better and attended mass.  She did not see the priest that she had noticed during embarkation.  Nell, Niles, and Dan'l attended the Protestant service in the 2nd class dining room, led by the Purser (the Captain led services for the 1st class passengers).

Rupert spent the morning practicing his fencing, where he again met Count Kurasov. In a brief fencing match he found the Count to be a superb swordsman.   Alisa spent the morning in the writing room, attending to business.

That afternoon, Lya, Nell and Niles took the ship's tour of the bridge, navigation, and radio room, with Niles continuing on to see the boiler room and engineering.  There he learned that the Mauretania had been converted from coal-burning to oil in 1922.   Dan'l went to the 2nd class library, while Rupert attended Italian class.  There Rupert met the fellow who had dropped the books while boarding, and learned that he was Professor Alvin Patterson.  Having recently retired as Professor of Comparative Religion at Dartmouth, he was on his way to Europe to visit sites associated with ancient religions, such as Stonehenge, the Oracle at Delphi, and the Cumean Sibyl.  Rupert offered to lend him a book entitled "The Earth: Not a Sphere".  Upon learning of Rupert's interest in the bizarre, Patterson invited him and any of his friends to a "seance" he would be holding Monday night in the 1st class smoking room, "purely as an entertainment, of course".  The two then had a discussion about the works of Charles Fort.

Alisa played bridge with a trio of society ladies, who kept discussing fashion and shopping despite her best efforts to steer the conversation toward investing.  One of the ladies had brought 14 trunks, 4 valises, 3 crates, a medicine chest, 70 dresses, 10 fur coats, 38 feather boas, 22 hats, 80 pairs of shoes, and 91 pairs of gloves for a six-week trip, while her husband had brought 60 shirts, 15 pairs of shoes, and 2 sets of formal wear.  Alisa learned that the women's husbands were shooting skeet from the deck, and she decided to pursue that activity on the following day.

At afternoon tea, Rupert told Alisa about the seance and invited her to attend.

That evening, Lya went to the lecture on "God and Man in the Twentieth Century".  She did not see the priest here, either, but did spot the U. of Chicago men.    One of them asked the lecturer a question about the Kabala.  Afterwards she introduced herself to them as someone interested in stories about the occult and gave them her business card from Enigma.  She learned that the older man was Dr. Felix Fodor,  professor of Medieval Literature at the University of Chicago.  The three young men were Lewis Pelham, Hargrove Thorpe, and Richard Bloch.  When she asked them if they knew any occult stories suitable for publication, Hargrove seemed to want to tell her something but was dissuaded by Dr. Fodor, on the grounds that Enigma was hardly a scientific journal.

Dan'l took a stroll about the deck, where he noticed the Purser and four crewmen searching rather diligently for something, eventually descending into the 3rd class quarters.  Nell and Niles played bridge.  They learned that there was a regular Bridge Club on the Mauretania, located in the 2nd class lounge and presided over by the Chief Officer.  Stakes were 1 pence per 100 points.  The Chief Officer explained that the club was located in 2nd class because that was where the truly serious players were.

Rupert went to the cinema and saw a Hearst newsreel about warlords in China, followed by a western,  Iron Horse .  Alisa went to the cocktail lounge to do some dancing.  There she met a young medical doctor named  Quentin Santiago.  He was on his way to London to deliver a lecture at the Royal College of Physicians.  She invited him to attend the seance the next evening and he agreed, although he was skeptical about such things.

That night, Nell, Alisa, Lya, and Niles had a terrible dream, in which they were hurtling through the air above the ocean at an incredible speed in a metallic cylinder, similar to an artillery shell.  They were strapped into some kind of torture device and forced to consume vile-tasting food-flavored substances while watching blurry images dance on the wall.  After an ordeal lasting for hours upon end, the weary and exhausted travellers were ejected from the metallic shell and found themselves in a labyrinthine structure of many gates, with unheard of perils yet to be faced.  Mercifully, the dream ended at that point.

At midnight the ship's clocks were advanced one hour.

Monday, Feb. 2

The next morning, Rupert again attended French class, while Alisa exercised briefly, then proceeded to the 2nd class promenade to inform the others about the seance.  She noted that a steward controlled access between 1st and 2nd class.  She met Dan'l, Niles, and Lya also doing calisthenics, while Nell strolled along the promenade, listening for interesting conversations.  She overheard scattered sentences from the U. of Chicago group: "Did they follow us?", "I thought I saw one of them on board", "If so we'll lose them in London".  She was unable to hear the entire conversation, but noted that the group always stayed together - she never saw any of them alone.

Nell, Alisa, Lya, and Niles discovered that they all had the same nightmare the preceding night.  No one had seen Fairwether, either.

Alisa asked Lya to take on the role of her private secretary ("Maud") and attend the seance.  Lya agreed, and went back to her cabin to don her wig and dark-complexioned makeup.  Alisa returned to her stateroom to work on business matters.

Lya made her way through the checkpoint into 1st class, then realized that she did not know where Alisa's stateroom was located.  She told a passing steward that she was lost and he cheerfully escorted her to Alisa's door.  Alisa and Lya discussed methods by which she could gather information in 1st class without attracting attention.  They decided to send her to purchase some items for Alisa, then to the library to get a book.  Alisa sent a note to Prof. Patterson, asking if her secretary could attend the seance that evening.

At lunch, Rupert was approached by Count Kurasov's private secretary, who asked to speak with him in private.  The Count wished to hire Rupert to write two books.  The first would be a historical account of the Bolshevik Revolution, with an emphasis on the Red Terror and advocating a Czarist restoration.  The second book would be ghost-written under the Count's name as his memoirs, with an emphasis on his actions in opposition to the Bolsheviks.  Both books would be completed within six months time.  Rupert agreed, and offered to publish both books as well.   The secretary offered to set up several interviews with the Count in London to facilitate the project.

That afternoon, Alisa and Rupert went skeet shooting, where they met Count Kurasov.  Despite her recent practice with a pistol, Alisa found that she was a terrible shot using a shotgun.  The Count instructed her how to hold a shotgun properly, but she still shot wide of the target.  Rupert noticed a priest (whom he had not seen previously in 1st class) watching the group of skeet shooters from a distance.

Lya had lunch in the servant's lounge in 1st class, but did not pick up any useful information.  She then went to the 1st class Shopping Gallery and purchased a pair of silk stockings for Alisa, as well as a pair of stylish black heels for herself.  Next, Lya went to the radio room to deliver a telegram for Alisa.  She chatted with the radio man and learned that two passengers were missing from 3rd class.  Lya then went to the 1st class library where she saw Prof. Patterson working on what appeared to be a translation of some book written in a non-Latin alphabet.  Somewhat mischievously, Lya selected a copy of Bulwer-Lytton's Last Days of Pompeii  for Alisa's reading pleasure.

Meanwhile, Nell and Niles played deck tennis, Dan'l toured the ship, and Quentin attended German class.  Alisa received a reply from Patterson, stating that her secretary could attend the seance as long as she had "strong nerves".

After dinner, Rupert, Alisa, Lya, Quentin, and several other passengers  met in the 1st class smoking room, where Prof. Patterson had set up five pots of burning incense in the shape of a star, with himself seated in the center.  Nearby was a mirror set in a wooden frame decorated with odd carvings, with a candle burning in front of it.  Patterson alternated reciting gibberish phrases from one of his books with burning handfuls of ground-up herbs in the candle flame.  Lya observed that Patterson seemed to approach whatever ritual he was performing from a matter-of-fact standpoint and was making no effort to inspire an atmosphere of mysticism or wonder in his audience (unlike charlatans she had previously encountered).  Quentin openly expressed his skepticism, while Alisa urged Lya to remain calm, whatever happened.

Patterson told the guests that they could stand anywhere they wanted, as long as they kept clear of the far wall.  He instructed the steward to dim the lights, and flickering shadows were cast onto the wall from candle's reflection.  He then invited the audience to ask questions about events of the past, present, or future.

Quentin asked the first question: "Where will I be in two weeks time?"  Nothing could be discerned from the shadowy images, and one lady said, "He must be in London - look at the fog!"  Patterson muttered something and added another handful of herbs to the candle flame.

Lya then asked, "Is anyone still alive from the Carlyle expedition?"  The shadowy images gradually resolved into a clear image of an Asian city, where pagodas alternated with Western buildings.  A man resembling Jack Brady was seen walking along a crowded street!  The image then became cloudy again.

Alisa then asked, "Why did the Carlyle expedition leave Egypt?"  This time, the shadows resolved into an image of a vast throng of people, chanting and screaming.  A chilling sensation of fear and madness swept over the room, as the viewers felt themselves being pulled into the scene.  Vistas of a starry void engulfed the crowd, bringing death and annihilation.  Someone in the room screamed in terror.

At that point Patterson, greatly perturbed,  extinguished the candle and asked everyone to leave, stating that "the focusing procedure needs a bit more work."  The shaken audience quickly left the room.

Quentin asked Alisa about the Carlyle expedition, and why her question might have had such a response.  Rupert suggested that the group return to Alisa's stateroom to discuss things.  There, after Alisa ordered a bottle of French champagne , they told Quentin about Jackson Elias, the Carlyle expedition, and why they were traveling to Europe.  Quentin offered to join the investigators and help in any way he could.  At that point, Alisa head a noise at the door and opened it to find a steward standing just outside.  She asked him to take the empty bottle of champagne and managed to read the name on his badge ("Rutledge").   After he left, Alisa called the galley and confirmed that Rutledge was indeed a steward in 1st class.  Convinced that he had been eavesdropping, she asked Lya to listen outside the door while she and Rupert talked.  Lya found that their conversation could be heard clearly by someone standing where the steward had been discovered.

At that point, everyone became worried and decided to go down to 2nd class and find the rest of the group.  Nell and Niles had returned from an evening of bridge, while Dan'l had been to the lecture on Mongolia.  Upon hearing what had happened at the seance, Niles suggested that the group go to the 2nd class cocktail lounge - it was safer to be in a public place, and the noise would keep others from listening in.

At the lounge, Niles put a lively jazz disc on the phonograph as the group discussed the evening's events.  Nell asked if anyone had noticed what types of herbs Patterson had been burning.  Quentin thought he had detected opium, and Niles speculated that the whole thing had been some type of elaborate magic lantern show.  Lya interjected that the man she saw in the image had looked exactly like the photograph of Jack Brady, and that the steward had overheard everything about them!  Alisa noticed that Lya was fidgeting with her shoes and seemed to be acting strangely.  She asked Quentin if he would give Lya a sedative but Lya refused, backing away.  Lya confessed that she had been obsessed with shoes ever since the events at the Ju-Ju House and had in fact purchased a new pair that afternoon and charged them to Alisa.  Niles asked Lya to dance, to calm her down, while Rupert put another "hot jazz" disc on the phonograph.  Alisa decided that the music in the 2nd class lounge was much better than the soothing, "palm court" dirges being played in 1st class and asked Dan'l to dance.  No one seemed eager to return to their cabin, and the group spent much of the night dancing and talking, as the Mauretania proceeded on her course.

At midnight the ship's clocks were advanced one hour.

Tuesday, Feb. 3

The next morning, the investigators gathered on the 2nd class promenade before starting the days' activities to ensure that everyone was well.  Rupert said that he had seen Fairwether sleeping in a deck chair the previous afternoon.  Alisa remarked that he had probably forgotten about the mission they were on and was simply enjoying the cruise.

The rest of the morning, Lya played ping-pong, Niles and Dan'l did calisthenics, Nell strolled, Alisa had a massage, and Rupert practiced his fencing.   After the match he told the Count that he would be honored to document his struggle against the Bolsheviks, and that in fact the exploits of the Count and his compatriots have not been entirely hidden from the West although details are sparse.  For example, was it not the Count who rescued the famous  Mariinsky  ballerina Sara Petrova from certain death by a daring midnight raid on a local inn where she was held prisoner for her patriotic sympathies, the raid culminating in a leap onto horseback from the third floor and a brave dash across the frozen Neva River and uncertain safety in mid-winter?  The Count smiled.

 Quentin visited the 1st class library in hopes of finding Prof. Patterson, but he was not there.

On her way back to her stateroom, Alisa stopped by Prof. Patterson's room and saw a "Do not disturb" sign on the door.  She asked a steward to deliver a note to him, asking about the disturbing vision that ended the seance.

That afternoon, Lya worked on her story for Enigma about the caretaker at Shadyside Cemetery, Nell played mah jong, Niles exercised, Rupert went to Italian class, Dan'l read in the 2nd class library, and Quentin attended German class.  Alisa met Count Kurasov for another session of skeet shooting, and this time did much better.

A short time later, a steward approached Alisa, and requested that she and her secretary come and see the Purser immediately.  Alisa expressed her regrets to the Count, and sent a note to Lya in 2nd class asking her to "locate Maud and have her report to the Purser immediately."  She then went to the Purser's office, where she met Quentin leaving.

The Purser asked Alisa a series of questions:

(from the official transcript)

Purser:  Miss Blankstone, Were you at the seance last night?
Blankstone:  Yes, along with several friends.
Purser:  Did Professor Patterson seem in good health at the time?
Blankstone:  Yes.
Purser:  Mental as well as physical?
Blankstone:  Well, he seemed a bit upset with the way the seance ended.  And he requested everyone to leave rather abruptly after that.
Purser:  Do you know of anyone on the ship who might wish to harm Professor Patterson?
Blankstone:  No - is something wrong?
Purser:  Professor Patterson is dead - the steward you sent to deliver him a note found him dead in his cabin, apparently a suicide - hanged himself.
Blankstone: He seemed very much the absent-minded professor type - I can't imagine why he would want to do something like that.  Nor why anyone would want to harm him.
Purser:  Sorry to have troubled you, Ma'am.

As Alisa was leaving the office she saw Lya in her curly wig and makeup approaching, along with Rupert.

After the interviews had been completed, Quentin, Alisa, Lya, and Rupert went back to Nell's cabin to discuss things, with Niles keeping a watch in the passageway.  All had been asked the same basic questions about Prof. Patterson.  Quentin asked Lya (as Maud) to deliver a note to the ship's doctor, offering his medical assistance at the inquest. Whether or not Patterson had committed suicide could be determined from examining the body.   Lya took the note to the ship's doctor but he declined Quentin's help.

At dinner, extra scoops of ice cream were served, which pleased everyone.  Only Quentin understood the significance of this.

Upon returning to her stateroom, Alisa found a helpful steward who offered a choice of costumes for the evening's masked ball.  Alisa selected a costume from the commedia dell'arte, along with a domino mask.  Rupert chose to dress as an aviator, with scarf and goggles.  Instead of attending the party, Quentin decided to visit the ship's doctor, where he spent an hour talking "shop" in an attempt to persuade him to allow him to assist in the inquest regarding Professor Patterson.

That evening, Nell, Lya, and Dan'l attended the lecture on "Stonehenge and the Druids."  Nell noticed the U. of Chicago group in attendance, and afterwards went up and introduced herself as a Northwestern alumna.  She learned that they were on their way to Jerusalem to examine a newly-discovered religious manuscript.  She also noticed that they seemed uneasy about something - when she mentioned the rumors about the seance and Patterson's death, Prof. Fodor replied that the occult was very dangerous and should not be dealt with casually.  Nell opined that her deceased husband (Jack) would probably be quite irate if anyone attempted to contact him via a seance.

In 1st class, Rupert and Alisa attended the masked ball.  The setting and refreshments were quite lavish, with a twelve-piece orchestra playing dance music.  Rupert noticed the Count's bodyguards in attendance, dressed in tuxedos and black domino masks.  The Count spotted Alisa and asked her to dance.  Rupert was chatting with the Count's private secretary about the publishing industry, when he noticed three men attempting to enter the room.  One of them was dressed as a priest, another as a common laborer, and the third as a sailor.  When the steward demanded to see their 1st class tickets, the priest drew a revolver and shot the steward!  The sailor produced a hand grenade, and the laborer drew a revolver.  The priest yelled something in Russian, and the three stormed into the ballroom.

Rupert took cover behind the bandstand, while Alisa dropped to the ground.  The Count's bodyguards were not surprised, drawing concealed revolvers and attacking, as masquers fled in terror.  Ivan fired at the sailor and wounded him.  Boris fired at the priest, killing him.  Misha fired at the sailor and seriously wounded him.  The dying assassin managed to roll the grenade toward the Count and Alisa.  Vladimir interposed himself between the Count and the assassins, attempting to block any attacks.  Yuri picked up the grenade and ran across the ballroom to an open porthole and threw it out, where it exploded harmlessly over the ocean.  Andrei fired at the last assassin but his elbow was jostled by a panicked socialite and his shot went wide, shattering the punchbowl.  The laborer fired at the Count and hit him in the chest, despite Vladimir's best efforts to "take the bullet".  Ivan then fired at the laborer and incapacitated him.  Alisa heard the Count mutter something in Russian as he faded away.

Summoned by a steward from the infirmary, Quentin (with Alisa's help) applied first aid to the Count, stopping the bleeding and stabilizing his condition.  The ship's doctor attended to the rest of the wounded.  Rupert noticed Ivan surreptitiously finishing off the incapacitated assassin, breaking his neck like a rotten twig, while appearing to help transport him to the infirmary.

Quentin accompanied the Count and his secretary to the ship's infirmary, where he assisted the ship's doctor in performing emergency surgery to remove the bullet.  Satisfied that the Count would live, he returned to his stateroom.

Alisa, meanwhile, sent a message to the others in 2nd class that she was fine.  Rupert sent a radiogram back to Half-Truths and Lies in New York, outlining a feature story about "Red Terror on the High Seas!", with instructions for his reporters to invent whatever details were lacking.

At midnight the ship's clocks were advanced one hour.

Wednesday, Feb. 4

The next morning, the ship's newspaper announced that the traditional Farewell parties had been canceled, due to the shocking events at the Masked Ball.  Alisa decided to host her own gathering in 2nd class, after the regular seating, but catered by the ala carte Savoy restaurant.  She spent the morning discussing the arrangements with the Chief Steward.

 Niles and Dan'l worked out on the rowing machine, punching bag, and stationary cycle in the exercise room.  Rupert attended French class, while Quentin worked on his presentation to the Medical Society in the library.

Nell took her usual stroll along the 2nd class Promenade.  Just before lunch,  she noticed a small yacht approaching from the west.  A steward told her that the Mauretania was now south of Ireland and that such encounters were not uncommon.  Looking through her binoculars, she thought she saw a crewman carrying a rifle on deck.  After a few minutes, the yacht passed the Mauretania and turned south, toward the Bay of Biscay, eventually disappearing from view.

Rupert and the Count's private secretary agreed that Rupert would start work on the two books and then interview the Count after he had recuperated from his gunshot wound.  The Count and his entourage would be staying in Paris, at the Hotel Crillon. Rupert gave the secretary his hotel's address in London.

Lya, dressed as Maud,  went forward into 1st class to learn more about the tragic events at the Masked Ball.  She gave the steward a  telegram  to send to Jonah Kensington back in New York.  Visiting Alisa's stateroom, she finally inspected the servant's quarters and found them more spacious and comfortable than 2nd class.  She decided to spend the final night here, giving Nell some respite from her snoring.

Removing her disguise, Lya then visited the Catholic priest and asked him if it was true that one of the assassins had been disguised as a priest.  She expressed her concern that the assassin might have harmed a real priest travelling on the ship and taken his vestments.  The priest replied that he was unaware of any other priests travelling aboard the Mauretania and suggested they check the passenger list.  Summoning a steward, the Lya obtained the passenger list and noted one name of interest:  Father Eugene Michaelson, S.J.,  in 2nd class.  Lya and the steward went to check on Father Michaelson and discovered that he had not been seen since the previous day.  Further investigation by Lya  revealed that he was in fact one of the slain assassins, although almost certainly travelling under a false identity and not a priest at all.

At lunch, triple scoops of ice cream were served.

That afternoon, Lya returned to 2nd class and went to the library, where she wrote a draft story about the seance for eventual publication in Enigma.
Midway through the afternoon her work was interrupted by a steward, who summoned her to the Captain's quarters.  For her efforts in unraveling this mystery, Captain Rostron thanked her personally and presented her with a letter on Cunard stationery describing her assistance and urging any Cunard Line officer to assist her in any future investigations.

Nell, Niles, and Dan'l relaxed in the lounge, while Quentin attended German class.  Rupert was not pleased to find the afternoon skeet shooting had been canceled (to avoid further distressing the more sensitive passengers) so he went to the cinema and watched the  Thief of Baghdad, starring Douglas Fairbanks.

Alisa went to the shipboard Travel Agency (operated by Thomas Cook) and sent a telegram to  Brown's Hotel in London, to reconfirm her reservation for a suite (three beds), one double, and three singles, for two weeks.

The cabin stewards delivered immigration and customs declaration forms  to each cabin, along with instructions for filling them out.

Late that afternoon, the Mauretania reached Cherbourg, flags flying at half-staff.  The Count was transferred from the ship's hospital to a ferry, along with the private secretary and the six bodyguards.  Three caskets were also offloaded.  The Mauretania then departed for Southampton.

That evening, Alisa entertained her friends in a private dining room in 2nd class with champagne, cocktails, wine, hors d'oeuvres, and  luscious desserts.  Lya, Nell, Dan'l, Quentin, and Niles attended, along with the U. of Chicago men (whom Nell had invited).  Afterwards there was dancing in the 2nd class lounge.

Rupert attended the evening lecture, "Four Years in the RAF", taking notes for a future book.

Lya returned with Alisa to 1st class and spent the night in the servant's room, which she discovered to be much more comfortable than 2nd class.

At midnight the ship's clocks were advanced one hour.

Thursday, Feb. 5

The Mauretania reached Southhampton sometime before dawn.