To-day, if I sailed in an English ship-of-war, what should I find?
Dutchmen all around me.

Your Majesty, I cannot speak the Dutch language except with a cutlass.

I distrust my habits.
They would infallibly lead to confusion.

In the heat of action, for instance--" The little man stopped abruptly.

It seemed that his speech gave uncommon pleasure to the tall gentleman on the black charger, whose face twitched with a barely perceptible smile.