"Only the captain and his missus are sleeping on board.

She's a lady that mustn't be disturbed.

They came about half-past eight, and we had a permit to have lights in the cabin till ten to-night." "This struck me as a considerable piece of news.

I had never been in a ship where the captain had his wife with him.

I'd heard fellows say that captains' wives could work a lot of mischief on board ship if they happened to take a dislike to anyone; especially the new wives if young and pretty.