I will be in the ward room as soon as the captain is done with me." "But I can wait, Mr.Pennant," interposed Christy.
"So can I, if you please, captain," added the lieutenant, smiling as pleasantly as though he had been free from pain, as he could not have been with the wound in his arm.

"I wish to say a few words about the gentleman in black we captured on board of the sloop." "Did you learn his name ?" asked Christy, greatly interested in what the officer was about to say.
"No, sir, I did not; I heard no one call him by name.

He was in the cuddy forward when we boarded the Magnolia; and when he came out of the little cabin, the first thing he said was, 'It was very unwise for you to order the men to fire upon the boat.

It was a great mistake, Captain Flanger.'" "That shows that he at least was a non-combatant," added Christy, pleased to hear this report of his uncle.
"That is all I have to say about him.

I studied the skipper of the sloop and watched him.