I congratulate you." "It is a piece of luck," Charlie said.

"I thought it might be months before there was an exchange.

It is very good of the king to send over so quickly." "Yes; and of the czar to let you go." "Well, I don't see much in that, doctor, considering that he gets a captain in exchange for me; still, of course, he might have refused.

It would not have been civil, but he might have done it." "What did you think of my friend, Charlie ?" "I like him.

He has a pleasant face, though I should think he has got a temper of his own.