I have got three men down as it is." "Well, sir, all authority in the matter is in your hands.

Any suggestions you make, I will, of course, do my best to carry out." "Thank ye.

I must have more room in the hospital to begin with.

The soldiers must lie a little closer." "I will see what can be done." "And you had better keep your wife and the little girl as much on deck as possible." Vickers turned pale at the mention of his child.

"Good Heaven! do you think there is any danger ?" "There is, of course, danger to all of us; but with care we may escape it.