If only that devilish fog would lift!
But still it surged in from the sea, and the glass, down to 29.40, promised no clearing weather.
"Because," he replied, "I have a couple of dozen pictures and sketches in storage at the Boule d’Argent, and I think I might as well get them and ship them to my Paris studio."
(1) A Bumboat woman is one who sells bread, cheese, greens, liquor, and fresh potatoes to the sailors, in a small boat that lies alongside the ship