Thecaptaingrinned。No-o，Mother，heobserveddrily。Sometimesathiefcanmanagetoearnalivin’athisjob。Butthere，there，don’tfeelbad。I’llsaysomethin’toAl，long’syouthinkIoughtto。
Thesomethingwasnotmuch，andyetCaptainZelotesreallymeantittobekindlyandtosoundlikepraise。Butpraisingathingofwhichyouhavepreciouslittleunderstandingandwithwhichyouhaveabsolutelynosympathyisahardjob。
SeeyouhadapieceintheItemthisweek，Al，observedthecaptain。
Why——yes，sir，saidAlbert。
Um-hm。Ireadit。Idon’tknowmuchaboutsuchthings，buttheytellmeitisprettygood。