And he was nearer the truth than Breitmann.
The dinner was pleasant, and there was much talk of travel.

The admiral had touched nearly every port, Fitzgerald had been round three times, and Breitmann four.

The girl experienced a sense of elation as she listened.

She knew most of her father's stories, but to-night he drew upon a half-forgotten store.

Without embellishment, as if they were ordinary, every-day affairs, they exchanged tales of adventure in strange island wildernesses; and there were lion hunts and man hunts and fierce battles on land and sea.