“Right” said the cook decisively. “You lot. Out of here until tonight.”
This morning was different. The usual ritual was to see breakfast cleared away for the owner’s party so the skipper could sally forth from forward of the mast bearing a coffee pot. He’d place this reverently on the table before enquiring of the boss what plans he might wish to consider for the yacht that day. The recent cruise had ended a week earlier and the quality had departed for New York, leaving the crew to attend to routine maintenance. One of the
