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Well, the day was not over by a long chalk – The Matrunga & the Eastern came in & were vociferously cheered by the men – We had guests to dinner & as per usual a lot of drinking – The month had started & everyone made a new start – Talking made us drink & the drink made us talk – I dont think for years I've laughed so immoderately as I did last evening – A discussion on religion arose – The navigator got talking & told us that Mary Magdalene was conceived by the Holy Ghost – He got quite amazed at the laughter & sent for his Bible - to prove it - That display marked out the discussion in toto – It's a fair specimen of naval knowledge outside a man's own job –About 11 pm we got to bed & one man got a light to see that all the girls were in bed & went from room to room with his light – some times he fell down – Right – darling – you're in bed & so on & on – One chap had a photo on his wall – I fancy it was his wife & he wanted it admired & pointed it out – The man with the lamp looked at it & said loudly 'Well that's the blanky limit in women' – I laughed till I nearly dropped – You must never ask a chap to admire anything or anyone or you'll get an awful shock like our chap did –
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