Learning of an empty berth in the cabin of a Vietnamese he made arrangements with the purser to give up his original cabin and go sleep in third class while still taking his meals in the second class.

他打听出三等一个安南人舱里有张空铺，便跟船上管事商量，自愿放弃本来的舱位搬下来睡，饭还在二等吃。

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The third cabin is for those at departmental level, which "is also spacious and like a first-class cabin".

再后面是司局级官员席位，“也比较宽敞，像一等舱”；

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