Thelistdidnotsayofitself，butwiththehelpoftheheadsteward’sdiagramitsaidthatthegentlemanattheheadofthetablewasMr。R。
M。Kenby；thefatherandthedaughterwereMr。E。B。TriscoeandMissTriscoe；thebridalpairwereMr。andMrs。Leffers；themotherandhersonwereMrs。AddingandMr。RoswellAdding；theyoungmanwhocameinlastwasMr。L。J。Burnamy。Marchcarriedthelist，withthesenamescarefullycheckedandrearrangedonaneatplanofthetable，tohiswifeinhersteamerchair，andlefthertomakeoutthehistoryandthecharacterofthepeoplefromit。Inthissortofconjecturelongexperiencehadtaughthimhisfutility，andhestrolledupanddownandlookedatthelifeabouthimwithnowishtopenetrateitdeeply。
LongIslandwasnowalowyellowlineontheleft。Somefishing-boatsflickeredofftheshore；theymetafewsail，andleftmorebehind；butalready，andsonearoneofthegreatestportsoftheworld，thespacioussolitudeoftheoceanwasbeginning。Therewasnoswell；thesealayquiteflat，withafinemeshofwrinklesonitssurface，andthesunflameddownuponitfromaskywithoutacloud。Withthelightfairwind，therewasnoresistanceinthesultryair，thethin，dunsmokefromthesmoke-stackfellaboutthedeckslikeastiflingveil。
Thepromenades，wereasuncomfortablycrowdedasthesidewalkofFourteenthStreetonasummer’sday，andshowedmuchthesocialaverageofaNewYorkshoppingthoroughfare。Distinctionissomethingthatdoesnotalwaysrevealitselfatfirstsightonland，andatseaitisstillmoreretrusive。AcertaindemocracyoflooksandclotheswasthemostnotablethingtoMarchintheapatheticgroupsanddetachedfigures。Hiscriticismdisabledthesaloonpassengersofevensomuchpersonalappealasheimaginedinsomeofthesecond-cabinpassengerswhomhesawacrosstheirbarrier；theyhadatleastthepathosoftheirexclusion，andhecouldwonderiftheyfeltitorenviedhim。AtHobokenhehadseencertainpeoplecomingonboardwholookedlikeswells；buttheyhadnoweitherretiredfromthecrowd，ortheyhadalreadyconformedtotheprevailingtype。Itwasverywellasatype；hewasofithimself；buthewishedthatbeautyaswellasdistinctionhadnotbeensolostinit。
Infact，henolongersawsomuchbeautyanywhereasheoncedid。Itmightbethathesawlifemoretrulythanwhenhewasyoung，andthathisglasseswerebetterthanhiseyeshadbeen；buttherewereanalogiesthatforbadehisthinkingso，andhesometimeshadhismisgivingsthatthetroublewaswithhisglasses。Hemadewhathecouldofaprettygirlwhohadtheairofnotmeaningtoloseamomentfromflirtation，andwasluringherfellow-passengersfromunderhersailorhat。Shehadalreadyattachedoneofthem；andshewashookingoutformore。Shekeptmovingherselffromthewaistup，asifsheworkedthereonapivot，showingnowthissideandnowthatsideofherface，andvisitingtheadmirershehadsecuredwithasmileasfromthelampofarevolvinglightassheturned。