Not long after finishing, Munro looked up from his empty plates and bowl. “Mr. Swenson, I want to ask a great favor of you,” he said. “For several months I have been dreaming of eating a whole can of condensed milk with a spoon.” Swenson called for the cook, who rushed three cans and three spoons from the galley, and Munro, Maurer, and Templeman consumed the sweet, thick milk one spoonful at a time, as if they were eating ice cream.
