I was told that he was fond of adventures, so I gave the invitation as much color as I could.

Do I stand pardoned ?" "Indeed you do!" cried Fitzgerald.

So this was the Killigrew his father had known?
"David Fitzgerald, your father?
That makes all the difference in the world." The admiral thrust out a hand.

"Your father wasn't a good business man, nor was he in the navy, but he could draw charts of the Atlantic coast with his eyes shut.

Laura, you get the whisky and sugar and hot water.