The cabin was given to us to arrange as best we could.

My proposal to sleep under the table was laughed at as impracticable.

I knew what I was about, having done the same thing years before on Mississippi steamers.

When you must sleep on the floor where people may walk about, always get under the table if possible.

You run less risk of receiving boot heels in your mouth and eyes, and whole acres of brogans in your ribs.