6/11 Plates hot ?" "Yes, sir." "That's your style. Don't be afraid of the onions. No ladies aboard." Mark helped the steak, and the mate poured out the tea and hewed a couple of lumps off a cottage-loaf. No steaks and new bread at sea." "But you've plenty of other things, sir." "Humph, yes! We manage to live. More sugar ?" "No, sir, thanks." "Help yourself, my lad. |