We Dive at Dawn Page #2

- Williams isn't married, is he?

- Oh, yes, sir.

How else would he have two youngest, sir?

You're not offering to forgo

your own leave, are you?

- Erm... Yes, sir.

- But I thought you were getting married.

What's the matter, TI? Cold feet?

Oh, no, sir.

There isn't a nicer girl in London, sir.

It's just that... I think a man shouldn't

rush at matrimony, like.

I quite agree.

I think I'd like just to think it over

a bit longer, sir, if you know what I mean.

- Very well, TI. I'll fix it.

- Thank you, sir.

Oh, TI, tell Hobson

I want to see him in my cabin, will you?

- (Knock at door)

- Come in.

Oh, it's you, Hobson. Come in.

I wanted to have a little talk

with you unofficially. Cigarette?

No, thanks, sir.

You know, I've often wondered

about you, Hobson,

why you haven't gone higher in the Service.

I mean, you've knocked about the world a bit

and you speak a couple of languages.

It seems a pity, really, that a man like you

should mess up his life,

just because...

Hobson, I've had a letter

from your brother-in-law.

I think the best thing I can do

is to hand it to you.

I don't have to read that to know what's in it.

It's about your wife. She wants a separation.

Why can't he stick to his fish and chips

and keep out of my business?

Yes, I'm inclined to agree with you.

I don't like the sound of your brother-in-law.

On the other hand,

you can hardly blame him if your wife...

He's always trying to separate us. Never out

of the house the whole time I'm at sea.

Why do you give him so much leeway?

It appears you went home tight again

on your last leave.

He made the most of that, I'm sure.

I see he calls it "the deadly sin".

Anyway, If I were you,

I'd try and get home sober this time.

Your wife will probably...

I'm not going to join the Band of Hope

to please any hymn-singing fish-fryer.

If my wife wants a separation,

she can have it.

Is that what you really want me to say?

Yes, sir.

- Anything else, sir?

- No. That's all, Hobson.

- # Speak to me, Thora!

- That's Mike, isn't it?

# Speak to me, Thora!

# Speak from your heaven...

Oh, well, it only goes to show.

Yes, they always say the happiest day of a

man's life is the day before he gets married.

Yeah, that's right.

What do you mean, the day before?

Marriage is the finest thing in the world

for a steady fellow like Mike.

Especially when he's going to marry

a steady girl like our Ethel.

Then why haven't you tried it yourself?

Well, that's different.

Here... Here, Mike. Mike!

Mike, your name's down on this duty list

to stay behind.

- No!

- It is, I tell you.

Here, Williams. You were fixed

to do this duty. Well, you're going to do it.

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