18/18 We don't look like doing it now, I confess. But do it we shall, in the end, as sure as the name of our country is England." "I have no doubt of it," said the Admiral, simply; "but there will be a deal of fighting betwixt this and then. Blyth, will you leave me to see what I can do, whenever we get to work again ?" "I should think that I would, sir, and never forget it. I am not fond of fighting; but how I have longed to feel myself afloat again!". |