Sick on the Red Sea

"The passenger Sisters were housed somewhere in the bowels of the ship, in wards that had been freshly painted…"

"We ran into some very dirty weather, and were paint-sick and violently seasick, and bruised with hitting the sides of the bunks…"

"However we all cheered up on the fourth night and it was a healthy sign to see the face creams come out and the curl rags rolled up..."