At 3.20, work being over for the day, we caught the 3.30 boat to the beach, and set about transferring our gear to our new temporary home. We were, however, much relieved to find on inquiry that the Redoubtable's last boat did not run until 11.30 P.M., so after all our liberty would not be much curtailed.
CHAPTER XI
OF MY FIRST EXPERIENCES AS A SUB.
Where the East wind is brewed fresh and fresh every morning
And the balmy night-breezes blow straight from the Pole,
I heard a destroyer sing: "What an enjoyable
life does one lead on the 'Channel' Patrol.
. . . . . .
"We warn from disaster the mercantile master