It _is_ rather 'ot for tea.

Whew! you're boilin'?
W'y don't you wear looser clo'es?
Look at me--cool as a cucumber.

By the way, 'oo's the new man you've shipped as second?
Watts is the chief, I know, but 'oo is Mr.Philip Hozier ?" "Youngster fillin' in sea-service to get a ticket an' qualify for the Cunard." "Thoroughly reliable sort of chap, eh ?" "The best." It was odd how these men left unsaid the really vital things.

Again it was Coke who tried to fill in some part of the blank space.
"Just the right kind of second for the _Andromeda's_ last cruise," he muttered.

"Smart as a new pin.