If your services were properly rewarded, you would be Emiralissimo and Generalissimo, Commander-in-chief of the troops both on land and sea.

The Republic is very ungrateful to you." "All governments are more or less ungrateful." "Yes, but the Republicans are jealous of you.

That class of person is always afraid of his superiors.

They cannot endure the Services.
Everything that has to do with the navy and the army is odious to them.
They are afraid of you." "That is possible." "They are wretches; they are ruining the country.

Don't you wish to save Penguinia?
"In what way ?" "By sweeping away all the rascals of the Republic, all the Republicans." "What a proposal to make to me, dear lady!" "It is what will certainly be done, if not by you, then by some one else.