“Well, you seem to be settling down very soon.”
“Oh, yes, I’m all right. What’s the good of making a fuss. Going ashore?”
“Yes. Do you want to go?”
Ram shook his head.
“No; I should only see some of our chaps, and it would look as if I’d been splitting on them; and I didn’t, did I?”
“No; you behaved very bravely and well, Ram.”
“Mean it—sir?”
“Yes, I do, indeed.”
“Thank ye—sir,” said Ram. “No, don’t let the skipper send me ashore; and—I say—”
“Yes?”