“There'll be no shore leave.”
“No? You left off being wet nurse to the dawg?” “I brush him, mornin's; if that's what you mean.”
“Is he fit?”
“Fit to fight a bumboat full o' pilots!”
“Could he be sick for an hour?”
“Might be did.”
“Tomorrow?”
“Morning?”
“At about two bells?”
“It could be done.”