Not only was it easier for her to act like the sailors, it was getting easier to understand Chang’s accent. All of the crew members’ accents, actually. More than once she’d overheard a conversation in two or more languages. All the men seemed to understand one another though each spoke their native tongue. How long did it take one to understand Mandarin? She’d struggled with advanced French grammar, but then she hadn’t been surrounded by native speakers.
“I’m going to update our position.” Sheffield spoke briefly with Jonesy, then headed below.
Harriet took his statement as an invitation to follow. Shooting lesson over. On to navigation.
She had time to settle herself at the table in the cabin, expectantly waiting for Sheffield to gather the logbook and chart from his desk and explain s
