China Seas Page #4

as agreed, but he'll need more men. Go on.

Hey, captain, that's good work.

You're the finest skipper on this coast.

Thanks.

- Goodbye.

- See you on the next trip.

- Goodbye and thank you.

- Take care of yourself.

- I will.

- So long, Sybil. Good luck.

- Thank you so much.

- B-29.

- Don't forget to write, Sybil.

- I won't.

- Sybil.

- Alan.

It is Alan.

So this is your ship.

My, I am lucky.

Yes. Yes, I'm captain of this tub.

Are you visiting out here?

- Just traveling. You might start to unpack.

- Yes, miss.

I've been just traveling for some time.

I heard about Bart.

I meant to write,

but it was so long after he died.

News is slow out here.

We spoke of you so often,

wondering what you were doing.

Getting into trouble,

then trying to get out.

Well, you're in for more trouble now,

looking after me for a whole voyage.

I'm in your hands again, Alan.

Look here, Alan, can't you get this boat...?

What's wrong?

You look as if you'd seen a ghost.

I have.

Gangplank secure, sir.

All clear forward, sir.

Cast off your bow lines.

Aye, aye, sir.

Good morning, captain.

Hi, neighbor.

The name is Timmons.

I can take it or leave it alone.

No, no. The name: Timmons.

T- I-M-M-O-N-S.

And I'm the guy that can do it too.

Who is it?

- Who is it?

- It's just me, toots.

I told you to stay out of here.

I wasn't shadow-boxing. I meant it.

- I just came in to borrow a book.

- I don't keep them in my bathtub.

I decided to improve my mind.

You'd better take two books.

Give yourself an even break.

Now, do about three turns

around the deck before dinner...

...just to work up an appetite.

Okay. Okay, toots.

I know you ain't got much time

to fool around with passengers.

- It's your own fault. You wanted to be one.

- Except maybe that English dame.

- You're becoming very observant.

- I saw her when she came aboard.

She looked like she was smelling

a dead fish or something.

Considering her surroundings,

that's highly possible.

I also got a load of you

when you moved her into the royal suite.

Why didn't you lay out

a red plush carpet for her?

That's just a throwback

to my old manners.

The lady knew me when I acted that way

for the sheer joy of it.

Oh, I get it, a hometown honey.

I knew her years ago...

...and her husband.

- Married?

Being married don't seem

to tie her down none.

- He's dead.

- So she's back in circulation again.

Well, maybe it's a good thing you didn't

get hooked up with nobody out here.

Thanks.

If I'd had a more definite tie,

I might have behaved a bit more decently.

If you ain't decent, you'll do

until something decent comes along.

Out here, maybe.

But anywhere else in the world,

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