"I'd go with the first, if it was me." There was no rank too high to be shanghaied into bringing Nines extra scotch, apparently. Or there probably was, but Ben had several challenges to go before he got there. And he wasn't all that inclined to box his way up to Eight or Nine so he could get out of hauling lovely ladies very good alcohol.

"But then, I expect I can just get away with a suit for the occasion, so who am I to say?"