This, in obedience to his direction, I did.

The acquiescent murmuring of the Council showed how thoroughly they endorsed Mr.Sent Leger's words and acts.
When I resumed my seat, Mr.Sent Leger described how, just before the time fixed by the "pirate Captain"-- so he designated him, as did every speaker thereafter--the warship met with some under-sea accident, which had a destructive effect on all on board her.

Then he added certain words, which I give verbatim, as I am sure that others will some time wish to remember them in their exactness: "By the way, President and Lords of the Council, I trust I may ask you to confirm Captain Rooke, of the armoured yacht _The Lady_, to be Admiral of the Squadron of the Land of the Blue Mountains, and also Captain (tentatively) Desmond, late First-Lieutenant of _The Lady_, to the command of the second warship of our fleet--the as yet unnamed vessel, whose former Captain threatened to bombard Ilsin.

My Lords, Admiral Rooke has done great service to the Land of the Blue Mountains, and deserves well at your hands.

You will have in him, I am sure, a great official.