 They had spirit in them. It's only on the sea you'd find real men with guts as fit to wed with fine, high-tempered girls. The like of yourself. There you go, kidding again. But you was going to tell me about yourself. You're Irish, of course. I can tell that. Yes, thank God. I've not seen sight of it in 15 years or more. Sailors never do go home hardly, do they? That's what my father was saying. He wasn't telling no lie.