That was a great seaman, and--blister me!--the pupil's worthy the master if I am a judge of anything.

I doubt if the Royal Navy can show his equal.

To thrust himself deliberately between those two, at point-blank range, and so turn the tables on them! It asks courage, resource, and invention.

And we land-lubbers were not the only ones he tricked by his manoeuvre.

That Spanish Admiral never guessed the intent until it was too late and Blood held him in check.