Conway followed his example.
'It begins,' said Drake, 'with a Latin quotation, _O si sic omnes_!' 'It begins,' corrected Conway, pocketing the money, 'with very downright English'; and he read, 'Drake, with the casual indifference of the hardened filibuster, readily accorded an interview to our representative on landing from the _Dunrobin Castle_ yesterday afternoon!' Drake snatched the paper out of Conway's hand, and ran his eye down the column to see whether his words had been similarly transmuted by the editorial alchemy.

They were printed, however, as they had been spoken, but interspersed with comments.

The editor had contented himself with stamping his own device upon the coin; he had not tried to change its metal.

Drake tossed the paper on one side.

'The man goes vitriol-throwing with vinegar,' he said.
Conway picked up the _Meteor_.
'You are a captain, aren't you ?' he asked.