Why there you are, Stephen,' cried Jack. 'You are come home, I find.'

That is true,' said Stephen with an affectionate look: he prized statements of this kind in Jack.

“And although in many cases these unions proved happy enough, sailors being exce…”

“He had known it often enough. A delightful child, even a delightful early adole…”

“Stephen had spared no expense in making himself more unhappy, his own position …”

“Almost ready, sir,' said the sweating, harassed bosun. 'I'm working the cunt-sp…”