One crossing of the Atlantic is very much like .....1.....; and people who cross it frequently do not .....2..... for the .....3..... of its interest. Most of us are quite happy when we feel .....4..... to go to bed and pleased when the journey .....5..... On the first night this time I felt especially lazy and went to bed .....6..... earlier than usual. When I .....7..... my cabin, I was surprised .....8..... that I .....9..... a companion during my trip. I had expected .....10..... but there was a suitcase .....11..... mine in the opposite corner. I wondered who .....12..... Soon afterward he came in. He was the sort of man you might meet .....13....., except that he was wearing .....14..... good clothes that I made up my mind that we would not .....15....., .....16....., and did not say .....17..... I suppose I slept for several hours because when I woke up it was the middle of the night. I felt cold but covered .....18..... .....19..... and tried to .....20..... Then I realized that a draught was coming from somewhere. I got up .....21..... the door but found it already locked from the inside. The cold air was coming from the window opposite. I crossed the room and .....22..... the moon shone through it on to the other bed. .....23..... there. It took me a minute or two to .....24..... the door myself. I realized that my companion .....25..... through the window into the sea. .

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