The mate stared at the stack of bills.

The third mate stared back.

The Yarrow's mate stared at him.

The mate stared at the many canoes alongside, noted the numbers of women in them, and shook his head.

Up at the bow Elaeno and the first mate were staring straight ahead and discussing what to do when they hit port.

The mate swallowed, stared at his hands where they clutched the chair, and at last said, "I apologize."

The gunner's mate and the quartermaster stared at him but dropped the subject.

Larsen and the red-haired mate stared, fidgeting, at the vision screens.

Her mates stared straight at the center, all focusing somewhere around the tellman's spiderlike teaching desk, waiting for the trouble, some fidgeting.