You've heard about the wireless breaking ?" "I have.

What does it mean ?" "It may have been done by the mutineers.

I doubt it.

But that isn't all that's happened.

This is a pretty cool day for the tropics." Harrigan stared at him, baffled by the sudden change of the conversation.
"It is cool," he assented.
"But in the fireroom it's hotter than it's been at any time since the _Heron_ started on this trip.