“Honor bright! Go ahead!”
“Well, you see, the first Englishman came down and found the other Englishman using his toothbrush, and——”
“Meaning the toothbrush belonging to the first Englishman?”
“No—yes!” answered Dan. “Of course the first Englishman’s toothbrush, you idiot. I said that, didn’t I?”
There was no answer, and he went on.
“‘I say, my dear fellow,’ said the first Englishman, ‘that’s my toothbrush you have there!’ ‘Really?’ said the second Englishman. ‘I beg your pawdon, old chap! I thought it belonged to the ship’!”
Dan chuckled in the darkness, and waited for Nelson’s laughter.
“I think that’s pretty good, don’t you?” he asked presently.
There was no answer. Nelson was snoring placidly. Dan rolled over and thumped his pillow.