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 was once more a free and open highway for her pleasure! The weakness of which she had always been aware as a girl and a young woman suddenly vanished. She was now able to cope on equal terms with the river!

The cabin-boat was twenty-two feet long, eight feet wide, and seven feet six inches from the bottom of the hull to the eaves of the cabin roof. The cabin was twelve feet long, which left five feet for the length of each deck, ample room for pulling the sweeps or to sit and watch the banks move by.

The cabin, divided into two parts, had a little kitchenette of a galley, leaving the living room eight feet square. The partition jutted out from each wall only a foot, so that there was practically only one room. A curtain served in the doorway, but Delia left the curtain open so that she could see both doors from where she sat.

Her bed was a low, thirty-inch wide folding cot covered with a woven Indian blanket, which made it look like a lounge. There were four chairs, one for the kitchen, a comfortable wicker rocker, an armchair, and a dining-room chair.

The ceiling was the roof of the boat, with the stanchions and sheeting all painted a light blue. The walls were painted white. The curtains on the four side windows were dark green and very heavy.