{It might just take a month to look through his files, ha ha.}

This cabinet {And it's its own cabinet, five drawers tall by two wide, though not necessarily full} is solely that written aboard this ship. Only miscellaneous items are sorted by date, and our friend has not been suspicious enough to warrant notation elsewhere. {But...that isn't right. No one is above reproach, especially not here. Why...}

{But before he get lost in his existential quandary, he pulls out about four folders, the most recently sorted notes and asks idly,} Do you speak French?