I may say that he accepted it without a word of protest, sir.

As a matter of fact, I told him in advance that I wouldn't appoint him unless he agreed to accept my resignation." The Captain smiled at this ingenuous explanation.
"I daresay I ought to put you under guard, Mr.Percival," he said.

"My duty is very plain.

A stowaway is a stowaway, no matter how you look at him.

The regulations do not leave me any choice.