"Don't you think, Charles, you're rather running this thing into the ground?
Of course it's very moral and instructive, and all that.

But ain't there a little too much pantomime about it?
Come now!" "Look!" repeated the Goblin, pinching his arm malevolently.

The Haunted Man groaned.
"O, of course, I see her Majesty's ship Arethusa.

Of course I am familiar with her stern First Lieutenant, her eccentric Captain, her one fascinating and several mischievous midshipmen.

Of course I know it's a splendid thing to see all this, and not to be seasick.