"I go on at twelve o'clock," said Paul Kendall, in the after cabin, when he had examined the bill.
"And I go on deck at eight o'clock," added Joseph Haven, the first lieutenant. "I shall have a chance to sleep from ten till four in the morning, and an hour and a half, from six till half past seven."
"I shall have my watch below from two till breakfast time. I don't think we need wear ourselves out under this arrangement."
"No; I thought we should be obliged to take four hours of duty at a time on deck."
"How will it be when we have rough weather?" asked Paul.
"I don't know; I suppose we must take our chances then."
"What do you think of Shuffles' case?" added Paul.
"He will get the worst of it."
"I'm sorry for him. He behaved first rate last year, though they say he used to be a hard fellow."
"What's the use of a fellow doing as he has done?" said Haven, with palpable disgust. "He can't make anything by it."