Only twelve days, too! Seems like craziness.

I'll own up square to one thing: I seem to have figured too fine upon the flour.

But the rest--my land! I'll never understand it! There's been more waste on this twopenny ship than what there is to an Atlantic Liner.' He stole a glance at his companions; nothing good was to be gleaned from their dark faces; and he had recourse to rage.

'You wait till I interview that cook!' he roared and smote the table with his fist.

'I'll interview the son of a gun so's he's never been spoken to before.