"Certainly Miss Carter," he said, taken aback some, although by this time he had already grown somewhat used to this different sort of woman. Jack had begun to look at the whole misadventure as he viewed any number of his voyages. When he'd met with strange cultures it was always with diplomacy and curiosity and this was no different for all that so far, with one exception, the people he'd met looked and sounded as if they hailed from a place very much like his own.

Helpfully Jack steadied the ladder for her, looking up occasionally and allowing her to speak on her own time.