"That's a very good rule to remember.

It applies to a great many things." Then he straightened his shoulders a bit and called his orderly, who again impressed Johnny with his military preciseness when he stood at attention and saluted.

Captain Riley's whole manner seemed to stiffen to that military preciseness, though Johnny had thought him stiff enough before.
"Detain this man," he commanded crisply, "until further orders.

If he is hungry, feed him; and see that he has a decent place to sleep.

The petty officers' quarters will do." He watched the perturbed John Ivan Jewel depart under guard, and his eyes were not half so stern as his tone had been.