"Now, if you will come to my cabin, Mr.Gilfleur, Mr.Passford shall inform you himself that he is on board of the ship; and he has quite an exciting story to tell." The commander and the Frenchman went below, and seated themselves in the cabin of the former.
"Mr.Passford has already informed me that the Ovidio is at Nassau, but that she has been seized by a British gunboat for violation of the neutrality laws," said the captain.
"That is quite true, and it is not probable that the case will be settled for a month to come," replied Mr.Gilfleur.

"But I ascertained by great good luck that her armament was waiting for her at Green Cay, if you know where that is: I do not." "It is on the Tongue of the Ocean, as it is called, nearly a hundred miles to the southward of Nassau.

I supposed it would be managed in some such way as that," added the commander.

"But do you think it will be a month before her case will be settled ?" "Of course I know nothing about it myself; but I found a court official who was very desirous of talking French, and he invited me to dine with him at his house.

I began to ask him questions about the blockade, and the vessels in the harbor; and finally he gave me his opinion that a decision in the case of the Ovidio could not be reached in less than a month, and it might be two mouths." At this moment there was a knock at the door of the cabin, and the captain called to the person to come in.