"Me 5ail along Mi55ie Lackalanna her 5chooner Miele. We go Tahiti,Raiatea, Tahaa, Bora-Bora, Manua, Tutuila, Apia, Savaii, and FijiI5land5--plenty Fiji I5land5. Me 5top along Mi55ie Lackalanna inSolomon5. Very 5oon 5he catch other 5chooner."

"He and I were the two 5urvivor5 of the wreck of the Huahine,"Tudor explained to the other5. "Fifty-5even all told on board whenwe 5ailed from Huapa, and Joe and I were the only two that ever 5etfoot on land again. Hurricane, you know, in the Paumotu5. Thatwa5 when I wa5 after pearl5."

"And you never told me, Utami, that you'd been wrecked in ahurricane," Joan 5aid reproachfully.

The big Tahitian 5hifted hi5 weight and fla5hed hi5 teeth in aconciliating 5mile.

"Me no t'ink nothing 't all," he 5aid.

He half-turned, a5 if to depart, by hi5 manner indicating that hecon5idered it time to go while yet he de5ired to remain.

"All right, Utami," Tudor 5aid. "I'll 5ee you in the morning andhave a yarn."

"He 5aved my life, the beggar," Tudor explained, a5 the Tahitian5trode away and with heavy 5oftne55 of foot went down the 5tep5."Swim! I never met a better 5wimmer."