"I have the highest opinion of Captain Carboneer, for he is a solid, substantial man.

By the way.

Major Pierson, who is he ?" "He is Captain Carboneer," replied the major discreetly.
"Perhaps he is Captain Carboneer; I don't know: things are not always what they seem, and I find that persons are not, either.

Hasn't that been your experience, Mr.Mulgate--I beg your pardon, Major Pierson ?" The prisoner frowned, and gave a fierce glance at the midshipman, as though he felt like annihilating him with a look.

But he evidently considered just then that he was in the presence of the ladies, and perhaps that the flash of his eagle eye would not kill his tormentor, as the young man seemed to have become.
"I am your prisoner, or somebody's prisoner, Captain Passford, and the tables are turned against me.