"As regards the young lady it cannot now alter your position.

This gentleman must be--arranged for." "Oh, certainly," said the Captain.

"I must be--arranged for, and that so soon as possible." The man spoke with a slightly foreign accent and in a tone, as Fred thought, which savoured altogether of the galleys.

"You have done me the honour, I am informed, to make my daughter all your own.

These estimable people assure me that you hasten to make her your wife on the instant.