They could, however, find no new ones, and so left without buying.
"And there's the theatre right over there!" sighed Joyce.
"It would be against our word as midshipmen and gentlemen to visit it," Dave urged.

"Come on, Joyce; we'll turn into one of the very quiet side streets and stroll along.

Then we'll be out of temptation." Accordingly they went to one of the all but deserted side streets of the better sort.
"There's a comrade ahead of us," said Dave in an undertone presently, as he made out the uniform half a block away.
Hardly had he spoken when a door opened and a young man in evening clothes came lightly down the steps.

At once the unknown midshipman wheeled and sprang at the young civilian.

There was a swift interchange of blows, over almost as soon as it started, for the unknown midshipman speedily knocked down the man he had assaulted.