"Ship's officer" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... believe it well!" A door had opened in the after partition, two men had entered. Above a lank, well-poised body clothed in the white tunic and trousers of a ship's officer, he recognised the tragicomic mask of the soi-disant Mr. Whitaker Monk. At his shoulder shone the bland, intelligent countenance of Mr. Phinuit, who seemed much at home in the blue serge and white flannels of the ...
— Alias The Lone Wolf • Louis Joseph Vance
... the response. "I'm not doing this for your sake. Well—you understand. And make no mistake, my man, as to my position; I am a ship's officer, and if trouble comes it will find me doing my ...
— The Blood Ship • Norman Springer
... of Litchfield, sir," the ship's officer repeated. "You'll go off by the midship gangway ...
— Graveyard of Dreams • Henry Beam Piper
... chief furnished a large canoe and rowers for the carriage of stores. Two other canoes of stronger make were constructed, and at the end of twelve days Captain Drake had a flotilla of five boats under his command. Sixty men were to form the expeditionary force; one gentleman adventurer, one ship's officer, two soldiers, and two seamen—all chosen by lot—being left behind in the native village in ...
— Sea-Dogs All! - A Tale of Forest and Sea • Tom Bevan
... out his briar and began filling it as he spoke. "We don't want this to get out to the general public, of course," he said thoughtfully, "but, as a ship's officer, you can be told. I believe some of your fellow officers know already, although we'd rather it wasn't discussed in general conversation, even ...
— Unwise Child • Gordon Randall Garrett |
