Hitherto he had managed to keep it a secret that the Queen had rescued him from drowning upon that occasion by swimming ashore herself first and throwing Sir Walter her ruff as soon as she landed, which he had used as a life-preserver.
"'Sh!" he said, _sotto voce_.

"Don't say anything about that, my man." "Very well, Sir Walter, I won't," said the boatman; but he made a mental note of the knight's agitation, and perceived a means by which that illustrious courtier could be made useful to him in his scheming for social advancement.
"I understood you had something to say to me," said Charon, after he had greeted the others.
"We have," said Sir Walter.

"We want you to assume command of this boat." The old fellow's eyes lighted up with pleasure.
"You want a captain, eh ?" he said.
"No," said Confucius, tapping the table with a diamond-studded chop-stick.

"No.

We want a--er--what the deuce is it they call the functionary, Cassius ?" "Senator, I think," said Cassius.
Demosthenes gave a loud laugh.
"Your mind is still running on Senatorships, my dear Cassius.