Leatherette edition.
On page 180 Chapt 25 3rd Para reads " Four women accompanied them, and there were sixty two men. at the end of the chapter Page 186 third para reads "The inn was large, but when we crowded into it, forty strong plus our five women, the room was no longer spacious.
On page 184 it is mentioned that guards of 20 men are posted, but it is not clarified that the 40 crowding into the Inn are the company less the guards.

Les
Isn't making a smoking section in a restaurant like making a peeing section in a swimming pool?