Chapter 13

           ForthreedaysIdidmyownworkandThomasMugridge’stoo;andIflattermyselfthatIdidhisworkwell.IknowthatitwonWolfLarsen’sapproval,whilethesailorsbeamedwithsatisfactionduringthebrieftimemyregimelasted.

           "ThefirstcleanbitesinceIcomeaboard,"Harrisonsaidtomeatthegalleydoor,ashereturnedthedinnerpotsandpansfromtheforecastle."SomehowTommy’sgrubalwaystastesofgrease,stalegrease,andIreckonheain’tchangedhisshirtsinceheleft‘Frisco."

           "Iknowhehasn’t,"Ianswered.

           "AndI’llbethesleepsinit,"Harrisonadded.

           "Andyouwon’tlose,"Iagreed."Thesameshirt,andhehasn’thaditoffonceinallthistime."

           ButthreedayswasallWolfLarsenallowedhiminwhichtorecoverfromtheeffectsofthebeating.Onthefourthday,lameandsore,scarcelyabletosee,soclosedwerehiseyes,hewashaledfromhisbunkbythenapeoftheneckandsettohisduty.Hesniffledandwept,butWolfLarsenwaspitiless.

           "Andseethatyouservenomoreslops,"washispartinginjunction."Nomoregreaseanddirt,mind,andacleanshirtoccasionally,oryou’llgetatowovertheside.Understand?"

           ThomasMugridgecrawledweaklyacrossthegalleyfloor,andashortlurchoftheGhostsenthimstaggering.Inattemptingtorecoverhimself,hereachedfortheironrailingwhichsurroundedthestoveandkeptthepotsfromslidingoff;buthemissedtherailing,andhishand,withhisweightbehindit,landedsquarelyonthehotsurface.

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