"You have helped me, my lord," he said, and his voice was clear again.
Then they turned and came back across the deck.
CHAPTER LXXVI
IN THE CABIN OF THE MEDUSA
I
Admiral and midshipman were alone in the cabin.
Kit was taking in his hero's face.
It was the face—the boy saw it with amazement—of a disappointed man!
The hero of St. Vincent, the victor of the Nile, the conqueror of
Copenhagen, a disappointed man!
"Tell your story."