That is where Mackay uttered his idiocity, and realising how idiotic it was, attempted to shift his idiocity on me. He is a right dishonest bastard!

A young petty officer that must have just received his “crow” (a single chevron, with an eagle over it) was showing off to several seamen.

to suspend a ball by a thread

One little incident of my school days occurs to me as amusing.