She bossed me around a good deal, but I didn't mind bein' bossed by her.

'Twas a change, you see, for I'd always been used to bossin' other folks.

So I humored her.

And, bein' on land made me lose my--my grip or somethin'; 'cause I seemed to forget how to boss.

But we was happy, and then--then Bennie D.come.Consarn him!" His teeth shut with a snap, and he struck his knee with his fist.
"Consarn him!" he repeated, and was silent.
The substitute assistant ventured to jog his memory.
"Who was Bennie D. ?" he asked.
"What?
Hey?
Bennie D.?
Oh, he was her brother-in-law, her husband's brother from up Boston way.