"So is England," said Jack quietly.
"By George! So it is, Jack," said Frank. "Maybe it is a fact that I talk too much sometimes."
"No 'maybes' about it," declared Jack. "It's just a plain fact."
"Look here," said Frank, somewhat nettled, "you may be my boss aboard ship, but right now, with no witnesses present to hear what I say, I'll say what I like."
"Come, come, now," said Jack with a smile, "don't get all out of humor just because I joke you a little bit."
Frank grinned.
"Well, then don't always thinks I'm angry just because I make a hot reply," he said.
Jack let it go at that.
"Well, here we are at the water front," he said a few moments later, "and if I'm not mistaken that's the Brigadier about a hundred yards off shore there."
"That's the Brigadier, all right," said Frank, "I can see her name forward even at this distance. By George! but the camouflage artists have certainly done a good job on her."