"No harm done to the hat.

Well, good day to you, Lieutenant, and thanks.

I must be off." "Nay, nay!" cried the Lieutenant.

"Wait a moment.

`There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood--' How does that line go?
I was educated in England and speak English as I do my mother tongue--" "Won't you let me go ?" asked Maurice.