There is a humorous interaction on the ship between a steward and Paul Dumont in relation to the use of deckchairs. Part of this is due to confusion about whether the steward told Paul to use deckchair 6 (six) or 16 (sixteen). This interplay only works in English and not in French, the language that everyone would have been speaking. In French, it would be difficult to confuse 6 ("six", pronunciation is like "cease") and 16 ("seize", pronunciation is like "sayze")