I shall find a command for you, in a day or two.

Age and rank go for nothing now.

I am going to put the best men in the best position.
"I have just appointed that old rascal, Corbaro, vice admiral of the Lido.

He is a grumbling old scoundrel, and would have had me get up a revolution today, for which I had to knock him down; but he is one of the best sailors Venice ever turned out, and just the man for the place." "I would rather act as a general aide-de-camp to you, admiral, than have a separate command, if you will allow me," Francis said.

"I am still too young to command, and should be thwarted by rivalry and jealousies.