Archie looks horrified, yet fascinated, by the idea of a pantsless sailor, and wonders how anyone would expect any work to get done aboard ship in such conditions.

"Er, possession being nine-tenths and so forth, and the, er, chipmunks having been on the property before Seaman Duck, I would say they had a certain right to their tree. As for Seaman Duck, he ought to be flogged at the grating for profligate pantslessness."

He pauses, smirking just a bit. "Though hunting rodents for sport in the Navy is a fine, upstanding tradition among the lower decks . . ."