’ And, as she turned away, in the dark, neither saw the tears running down the other woman’s face. But, when she went below, it wasn’t Xiang Jun...Nui found, but the boatswain who offered her work as a new crew member. ‘Nowhere else to go but the Ming-Xing?’ she had laughed, ‘that’s how we all signed up. Waifs and strays, the lot of us. You’ll be washing pots until you find your sea legs but there’s no shame that.’ There was, indeed, always work to be done in the galley, and with all the recruits. Jason could care less.Working in the Concentration Camps of pre-war Germany, inured him to human suffering. That he was a trifle mad worked to his benefit. No pity and a sociopathic outlook allowed him to experiment. Free rein from Herr Hitler assured no complaints from his staff.Eventually, the handwriting on the wall said, "The Third Reich has failed. Get out while you can."In 1943, confiscated wealth and loyal underlings transferred Jason from Germany by U-Boat to the coast off Rye, New. I bought a suit that the top fit great but the bottom was very loose and baggy so I could lounge and have my pussy “accidently” be exposed… only one person ever told me I was showing and it was a grandmother type and she only told me once. That was a great summer. Made some money and a lot of new young friends.I did ask my mother if what I was doing was wrong and all she said was, “Do you force them or they you? Do you enjoy it and do they?”As I went through high school and junior college I. ”“I see,” Tony mused.Indeed, he saw something. It was a disloyal thing to do on the part of Midshipman Pickwith not to see to it that his lieutenant woke up on time. Perhaps, there was even more to that. Then again, if the man was a midshipman at age thirty, then perhaps he was simply inept.“Mr. Malloy, here’s what we’ll do. If you did duty in my ship, your seniority would make you third lieutenant. You will appreciate that this is out of the question. I therefore ask you to stay as a guest in.