Dave named the place, but requested the chief to wait a full hour before taking any action.
"That will give us a chance to get out a comrade who may have committed only his first offense," Dave continued.
"If there's any opium being smoked in that place I'll surely close the joint out!" replied the chief, bringing his fist down upon his desk.
"But I understand your reasons, Mr.--" "Darrin is my name, sir," replied Dave quietly.
"So, Mr.Darrin, I give you my word that I won't even start my investigations before this evening.

And I'll keep all quiet about the midshipman end of it." "Thank you very much, sir," said Dave gratefully.
As the two midshipmen strolled slowly back in the direction of Chow Hop's, Dave murmured: "Now, you see why I took this step ?" "I'm afraid not very clearly," replied Midshipman Hallam.
"That scoundrelly Chow made his boast that other midshipmen patronized his place.

I don't believe it.

Such a vice wouldn't appeal to you, and it doesn't to me.

But there are more than two hundred new plebes coming in just now, and many of these boys have never been away from home before.