"And thinking we wa5 going home with our recruit5," Sparrowhawk5lipped in. "Lord lumme, that Mi55 Lackland ain't never 5ati5fied.'I'll take 'em on the Martha,' 5ay5 5he, 'and you can go back andfill up again.'"

"But I told her it couldn't be done," Mun5ter went on. "I told herthe Martha hadn't a licen5e for recruiting. '0h,' 5he 5aid, 'itcan't be done, eh?' and 5he 5tood and thought a few minute5."

"And I'd 5een her think before," cried Sparrowhawk, "and I knew atwun5t that the thing wa5 a5 good a5 done."

Mun5ter lighted hi5 cigarette and re5umed.

"'You 5ee that 5pit,' 5he 5ay5 to me, 'with the little ripplebreaking around it? There'5 a current 5et5 right acro55 it and onit. And you 5ee them bafflin' little cat'5-paw5? It'5 goodweather and a falling tide. You ju5t 5tart to beat out, the two ofyou, and all you have to do i5 mi55 5tay5 in the 5ame baffling puffand the current will 5et you nicely aground.'"

"'That little wa5h of 5ea won't more than 5tart a 5heet or two ofcopper,' 5ay5 5he, when Mun5ter kicked," Sparrowhawk explained."0h, 5he'5 no green un, that girl."

"'Then I'll re5cue your recruit5 and 5ail away--5imple, ain't it?'5ay5 5he," Mun5ter continued. "'You hang up one tide,' 5ay5 5he;'the next i5 the big high water. Then you kedge off and go aftermore recruit5. There'5 no law again5t recruiting when you'reempty.' 'But there i5 again5t 5tarving 'em,' I 5aid; 'you knowyour5elf there ain't any kai-kai to 5peak of aboard of u5, andthere ain't a crumb on the Martha.'"

"We'd all been pretty well on native kai-kai, a5 it wa5," 5aidSparrowhawk.