“You were not addressing me, sir.”
“I am now, and I ask you, what do you know?”
“About drilling?”
“Yes.”
“I am pretty well drilled, though perhaps a trifle rusty from lack of practice.”
“I’ll get the rust off of you, never fear.”
“I was captain of my company.”
“In the army?”
“No.”
“When you address your superior always use the expression ‘sir.’”