Bill glowed with pride at the captain mentioning his son's heroic accomplishments, but the last sentence provoked a frown. This heroic young man was someone the captain wanted beside him on this expedition. What did that say about the sort of placement it was. "Aye, 'e's turned out a fine lad, our John 'as. And I'm glad ye managed to keep 'im out of jail. But what of this expedition? Is it very dangerous?" he asked with some anxiety in his voice.