But admiringly, too.
"But those nurses----" she said.

"If you're going to the China Seas you can't very well take Parker's Beach along." "I was coming to that," said Cleggett, bowing.

"I contemplate a hospital ship--a vessel supplied with nurses and lint and medicines, that will accompany the Jasper B., and fly the Red Cross flag." "But they are frightful people, really, those Chinese pirates, you know," said Lady Agatha.

"Do you think they'll quite appreciate a hospital ship ?" "It is my duty," said Cleggett, simply.

"Whether they appreciate it or not, a hospital ship they shall have.