Presently Mr.Hethcote came up to Jack, who was on duty on the quarter-deck.
"I tell you what, Jack," he said quietly, "it is very lucky for you that we are away.

The French officer died during the night.

I hear that his lungs were pierced.

Sir George Brown is said to be furious, and threatens to try Tewson by court-martial, for entering a gambling-house in spite of strict orders to the contrary.

Of course it is well known that scores of other officers have done the same, but it is only when a thing is found out that there is a row about it.