"By gum!" he cried. "I've seen the doctor's traps and I've lost my little bet. Run in to his cabin, Sodjer, and see them."
The marine officer, who was still very young and therefore obedient, disappeared.
"Well, Sodjer?"
"I'm puzzled. Guess I'll lose my bet. Here are some of his things that I saw his servant putting away.
"Item:--Two Highland broadswords.
"Item:--A full kilt Highland dress, including dirks and sporrans, brogues and a bonnet and crest, and skean dhu mounted in cairngorm. (The kilt is presumedly a clan McTavish tartan one.)
"Item:--A set of great Highland bagpipes."
"Oh, Lord!" cried Guilford the second lieutenant, putting his fingers mechanically to his ears, "go on, Sodjer."
"Item:--A pair of dumb-bells, the fellows you've got to put up you know--80 lbs. each. And," added Sodjer, "my bet's lost, for no man with a bulbous nose could put up things like that."
"Heave round, Sodjer. Anything more?"