I turned my head on the pillow and saw a stout little man looking at me with much interest.
"Ah ha!" he said, with a friendly nod.

"That's all right.

Come back at last, have you?
Narrow squeak you made of it.

How long had you been on that spar ?" "I remember--a night and a day--and a night--and the beginning of a day," I said, and my voice sounded harsh and odd to me.
"And nothing to eat or drink ?" "I chewed some seaweed, I think." "Must have been in excellent condition or you'd never have stood it." "What ship ?" "_Plinlimmon Castle_, East Indiaman, homeward bound.

This is sick-bay.
You're in my charge.