Eric Ambler Quotes

At This Point Doubts Started To Creep In. One Was Always Reading Of
young Men Running Away To Sea, Or People Shipping As Deck-hands And
working Their Passages. There Seemed To Be No Special Qualifications
needed. No Ropes Had To Be Spliced. No Rigging Had To Be Climbed. All
you Did Was Paint The Anchor, Chip Rust Off The Deck Plating And Say
'aye, Aye, Sir', When Addressed By An Officer. It Was A Tough Life And
you Met Tough Men. There Were Weevils In The Ship's Biscuits And You Had
little To Eat But Skilly. Quarrels Were Settled With Bare Fists And You
went About Naked To The Waist. But One Of The Crew Always Had A
concertina And There Were Sing-songs When The Day's Work Was Done. In
after Life You Wrote A Book About It.

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