I presume you go immediately to Buckhurst ?" "I suppose I must, sir; but I hope, Captain L----, that you'll look over it." "I shall have very great pleasure in so doing," replied Captain L----; "I hear that it is--" "Thanky, sir, thanky," replied the youngster, interrupting the captain.
"Then may I go on board again and tell the first lieutenant ?" "Tell the first lieutenant what ?" cried Captain L----, perceiving some mistake.

"Why, has not Mr W----told you ?" "Yes, sir, he told me it was your orders that I should be dismissed his Majesty's service." "Discharged--not dismissed.

And I presume he told you why: because your two elder brothers are dead, and you are now Lord Aveleyn." "No, sir!" cried the youngster with astonishment; "because his three front teeth are knocked out with a bottle of _scaldchops,_ and I would not peach who stowed it away in the bunt of the sail." "This is excessively strange!" replied Captain L----.

"Do me the favour to sit down, my lord; the letters from the ship will probably explain the affair." There was, however, no explanation, except from young Malcolm.

The captain read his letter, and put it into the hands of Lord Aveleyn, who entered into a detail of the whole.
Captain L---- produced the letter from the trustees, and, desiring his lordship to command him as to any funds he might require, requested the pleasure of his company to dinner.