Mr. Cooke had had a sloop yacht built at Far Harbor, the completion of which had been delayed, and which was but just delivered. […] The Maria had a cabin, which was finished in hard wood and yellow plush, and accommodations for keeping things cold.

She bounded by, and tripped so light / They had not time to take a steady sight.

Although dangerous, over-the-road truck drivers sometimes slipstream with each other to save fuel.

Now the Three Mariners was the inn chosen by Henchard as the place for closing his long term of dramless years.