With the infirmary as good as it is I shouldn't wonder if resourceful women can't find the best of what they need to avoid it.

[He looks disapproving at this open address of the subject, but they might as well all be blunt together:]

There's also no Articles of War or similar this barge operates under, and the absence of Article 29 has been noted by more than one hearty soul. And the ladies make their own way, of course.