ON A DARK AND FOGGY NIGHT "I reckon I don't quite understand you, Gilder," said Captain Folkner, very nervously.

"I thought I was still in command of the Teaser." "I shall not blame you for thinking so; but you are utterly mistaken all the same," added Christy.
"Did you come here to take the command out of my hands?
Is that the reason why you sent all my men to Town Point ?" demanded the captain, getting an idea of the situation.
"If you had been a magician, you could not have come any nearer to the truth." "Who are you?
I thought you were Gilder." "I am not Gilder, though I found it convenient to answer to that name.
It is reported that the Teaser is a very fast steamer, and I wanted her." "Do you mean to say that you are a pirate ?" asked Captain Folkner, stepping back as if to emphasize his disgust at such a person.

"I have told you that the Teaser is a privateer, and it seems that you want her more than I do; but I don't believe it." "Privateers and pirates are about the same in this age of the world.
I am neither a pirate nor a privateer.

Permit me to introduce myself more precisely than I have thought it wise to do before.

I am Lieutenant Passford, of the United States steamer Bellevite; and I take possession of the Teaser as a lawful prize.