17/19 Bentley and Philip interfered. I taunted him, advanced to strike him. He had to draw or be dishonored." "Nay, general, but the fault was mine. I was the captain of the ship; the safety of the ship depended on me." "Go on, go on, Mr.Seymour," said the general; "this dispute does honor to you both." "The rest happened as has been told you. One of the splinters struck Mr.Talbot's sword and swept it into the sea; the note went with it, and then the frigate was wrecked, and Colonel Wilton and his daughter, with all the rest, lost." It was very still in the room. |