Your word of honour to submit to it will suffice." "Speak, sir," I answered.

"I suppose this condition is one which a man of honour may accept ?" "Yes, sir; it is this: It is possible that certain events, unforeseen, may oblige me to consign you to your cabins for some hours or some days, as the case may be.

As I desire never to use violence, I expect from you, more than all the others, a passive obedience.

In thus acting, I take all the responsibility: I acquit you entirely, for I make it an impossibility for you to see what ought not to be seen.

Do you accept this condition ?" Then things took place on board which, to say the least, were singular, and which ought not to be seen by people who were not placed beyond the pale of social laws.