I sometimes call him Lady Oakes, Sir Wycherly, for he appears to think he has a right of dower, or to some other lawyer-like claim on my estate; and as for the fleet, he always speaks of _that_, as if we commanded it in common.

I wonder how Bluewater tolerates the blackguard; for he never scruples to allude to him as under _our_ orders! If any thing should befal me, Dick and David would have a civil war for the succession, hey! Atwood ?" "I think military subordination would bring Galleygo to his senses, Sir Gervaise, should such an unfortunate accident occur--which Heaven avert for many years to come! There is Admiral Bluewater coming up the street, at this very moment, sir." At this sudden announcement, the whole party turned to look in the direction intimated by the secretary.

It was by this time at one end of the short street, and all saw a man just entering the other, who, in his walk, air, attire, and manner, formed a striking contrast to the active, merry, bustling, youthful young sailors who thronged the hamlet.

In person, Admiral Bluewater was exceedingly tall and exceedingly thin.
Like most seamen who have that physical formation, he stooped; a circumstance that gave his years a greater apparent command over his frame, than they possessed in reality.

While this bend in his figure deprived it, in a great measure, of the sturdy martial air that his superior presented to the observer, it lent to his carriage a quiet and dignity that it might otherwise have wanted.