They loved to grumble, those old salts, for as soon as one had shot off his grievance his neighbour would follow with another, each more bitter than the last.
Le moindre sloop, qui ait jamais quitté un port de France, aurait pu la gagner de vitesse, et ensuite ce serait moi et non pas ce bousilleur de Devonport que l'on aurait fait comparaître devant une cour martiale.