"What can you possibly see in that roving womanizer?" he shouted. Pausing, she looked carefully at him, "Perhaps I see you?" she suggested. "Blatherskite!" he shouted, disappearing before her. She left their master cabin and stepped into the hallway, unsurprised to see him there in front of her. "Madam, I owe you an. . ." "Apology?" she asked, smiling. "Indeed no," he said leaning close to her, "perhaps if you could postpone your dinner this evening?" "Cancel my date? Not in this lifetime Captain, if you have something to tell me, you should speak up now, before my evening begins!"