Patrick O'Brian has a scene in one of his early Aubrey/Maturin novels in which Jack tells Stephen that crewmen convicted of fornicating with the livestock must be hanged -- along with the animal in question. Stephen clarifies that Jack may, at his discretion as captain, be lenient, a suggestion Jack follows.
He puts the offending crewman and goat ashore, but he takes care to put each ashore at a location widely separate from the other. And there's this exchange: Jack: "You take milk, sir?" Stephen: "Goat's milk, sir?" Jack: "Why, I suppose it is." Stephen: "Perhaps without milk, then, if you please. " - PJG To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
