At Sea or in Harbour
And well I knew the talk they had, the talk that was of me, Of the shadow on the household and. the son that went to sea; And O the wicked fool I seemed, in every kind of way, To be here and hauling frozen ropes on blessed Christmas Day.
ROBERT LOUIS
STEVENSON
("Christmas at Sea").
HE First Lieutenant read prayers on the snow-powdered quarter-deck, and then, following the immemorial custom of the Service, the Wardroom made a tour of the garland-hung -mess-deck, halting at each mess to exchange the compliments of the season and to sample the plum-duff. Properly observed this ritual would put the normal stomach out of action for the remainder of the-day. But there are discreet methods of sampling. The Day-on flopped exhaustedly on to a Wardroom settee, and proceeded to empty his cap of lumps of "figgy-duff," cigarettes, and walnuts. "Bless their hearts," he murmured, "I love them and I love their figgy-duff, but there are limits-here, (continued on next page)
(continued from previous page) Jess." He whistled gently, and a foxterrier asleep by the fire rose and delicately accepted the tribute.
BARTIMEUS
("Naval Occasions )
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 18, Issue 443, 19 December 1947, Page 32
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195At Sea or in Harbour New Zealand Listener, Volume 18, Issue 443, 19 December 1947, Page 32
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