Do you know the name of the English officer concerned ?" "Yes, sir, he was Lieutenant Tewson of the Grenadier Guards.

We only exchanged a few words before he went away, but he begged us to go and see him." "I should advise you to keep away from him altogether, until the matter has blown over," Mr.Hethcote said.

"Did you give him your names ?" "No, sir, we had no time." "All the better," Mr.Hethcote said.

"It will, of course, come out in the course of the inquiry that two midshipmen were concerned, and it is just as well that he cannot give your names.

I expect the ship to be ordered up to Constantinople in a day or two, and I hope we may be off before any inquiries are made.