My time won't be wasted, for I shall use it profitably.

I shall take a quantity of tobacco and a tin of biscuits.

You can let me have some biscuits, I suppose ?" "Certainly.

And you'll find a bottle of beer on board, which Simpkins couldn't drink at luncheon the other day, but I must say that, if that's your idea of a profitable use of your time--" "It isn't.

The tobacco and the biscuits are mere accessories.