“Yes, captain,” I answered, “but I am horrified.”
Jonclas stepped back in surprise....
“Good heavens, what has horrified you?” he asked.
“The way in which you treat your passengers ...”
He tried to put in a word, but I continued: “Why ... you expose us in case of a shipwreck....”
“We never have a shipwreck....”
“Good ... in case of a fire, then....”
“Good ... in case of submersion....”
“We never have a fire....”
“I give in,” he said, laughing. “To what do we expose you, madame?”