I never touch spirit myself, and I expect that my young gentlemen will refrain from it also.

Now you may go, and as soon as your uniforms arrive, you will repair on board.

In the meantime, as I had some little insight into your character when we travelled together, let me recommend you not to be too intimate at first sight with those you meet, or you may be led into indiscretions.

Good morning." I quitted the room with a low bow, glad to have surmounted so easily what appeared to be a chaos of difficulty; but my mind was confused with the testimony of the midshipman, so much at variance with the language and behaviour of the captain.

When I arrived at the Blue Posts, I found all the midshipmen in the coffee-room, and I repeated to them all that had passed.