...know, are sailors, and have nothing to do with what goes on ashore.' I wish I could express the mingled sauciness and seriousness of her manner. Sir Mordaunt...must be now over twelve years since — off the west ct ast of Africa, where he was then commanding a small vessel of war. What a fine, handsome man he...

...once asked a friend of mine who did this sort of thing regularly — who kept a large yacht, but who hated the sea as cordially as my wife does — why...small vessel of war. What a fine, handsome man he was ! — a real heart of oak ! Why, I see him, Walton, as I see you, his brown face and flashing blue...

..." you're always sneering." But I meant no sarcasm.' ' Your niece would shame some of those fellow?, Sir Mordaunt,' said Norie. ' I think she would like...must be now over twelve years since — off the west ctastof Africa, where he was then commanding a small vessel of war. What a fine, handsome man he was...

...to Torquay, and there he stops until it is time to lay the vessel up. I once asked a friend of mind who did this sort of thing regularly — who kept...may account for her taste." I asked if her father was living. "No, he died — why, it must be now over twelve years since — off the west coast of...

...cordially as my wife does — why he went to the expense of a small fortune a month in makingwater excursions which he abhorred, when he could visit...may account for her taste." I asked if her father was living. a real heart of oak ! Why, I see him, Walton, as I see you ; his brown face and bonnie...