He was a biggity acting and braggy talking old man.

How great, how plentiful, how rich a dower!

Jack stifled a smirk at the ensign's expressionless non-reaction. He'd been a nugget himself once, the new guy fresh from training.

Wallace lifted the halfinch Browning off Doris and lumped after them in leagueboot paces, hefting the big weapon onehanded as if it were a toy.