Chapter 20
The third berth for which we had to pay on account of having a second child was in a four-berth cabin near by, shared with two army officers. Ron placed our trunk on the berth and utilized one of the drawers. He also used the cabin for shaving and changing for dinner.
The ship halted at Aden. After it left Ron went to his cabin where he found a small, well-built man who introduced himself as the Post Master in the hinterland of Aden. Being rather puzzled as to why all four drawers were occupied and having been told by the officers that they had only one each, he asked Ron how many he had. Ron pointed out his drawer whereupon, with per fect sang-froid the new arrival removed one of the three remaining drawers and emptied the contents into the passage. The atmosphere between him
