"Go where you like, we want no sneaks here!" Hawkesbury walked on, smiling pleasantly.
"Good-bye for the present," said he.

"Mind you obey your captain, you fellows.

We all know _he's_ a gentleman, don't we ?" And he went out, leaving us all in a state of utter astonishment.
A babel of voices at once arose.

Some declared Hawkesbury was quite right not to stand being ordered about; others said he ought to have been stopped going out, and others said, "Who cared if he did go ?" In the midst of this my eyes turned to Jack Smith.

His face, which had been flushed and excited, was now pale and solemn.