The other uses some peculiarly Southern phrases, as though he had been 'raised' in the South, and he is not perfect in the geography of Bonnydale.

I think the commission is the only evidence upon which you can properly rely," replied the first lieutenant.
"Your views, if you please, Dr.Connelly." "One of these officers is evidently a Confederate, and the other a loyal citizen.

The commission, as Mr.Salisbury suggests, outweighs all the rest of the evidence.

One or the other of the two men is an impostor, and without the commission, I should decide that my patient was the false Lieutenant Passford," answered the surgeon.
"We appear to agree, gentlemen, for you have expressed my own views as well as I could state them myself," added the captain.

"But when I decide that the holder of the commission, which I am satisfied is a genuine document, is the loyal officer, and entitled to be received as the future commander of the Bronx, I must declare that the other is a Confederate; and not only that, but also that he is acting as a spy; that he is on board of the Vernon with mischievous intentions.