Raleight's Inexperience

Raleight's Inexperience 

"Will you have a drink?" Raleigh doesn't know what to say, so Osborne has to prompt him,
"You don't drink whisky?" to which he says 'Yes, I do'.

"That's alright. I didn't actually know that Stanhope-"
Raleigh doesn't want to dig himself a hole therefore he replies with, "they're not - er- officially engaged." Showing how much he wants to impress Osbourne but then not get off on the wrong foot with Stanhope already.

"It sort of made me feel -"
"keen?"
Osbourne is prompting Raleigh on how he feels, perhaps showing that he understands, realising how long the boy is.

"You only call me Sir in front of the other men"
"I see, thanks."
Giving Raleigh a heads-up, so he doesn't end up embarrassed.

"I'm afraid you'll have to wait until the others come back and pick the beds they want."
"righto!"
Telling Raleigh that he has to remember that they are higher than him, helping him avoid getting a bad reputation already.

"You can take your boots off now and then in the day time, but it's better to keep pretty well dresses always."
"I see, thanks" answers Raleigh.

"I expect we shall do about three hours on duty at a time and then 6 off. We all go on duty at stand-to. That's at dawn and dusk."
"Yes."

"Whisky takes away the taste of water."
"Oh yes."
"Water takes away the taste of whisky."