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Partner (after several collisions). I should think you were more at home in a boat than a ballroom, Mr. Rudderford!

Little Bobbie Rudderford (the famous Oxbridge coxswain). Yes; and by Jove, I'd sooner steer eight men than one woman, any day!—Punch.


CONTENTS

BOOK ONE

DEALS WITH A STUFF THAT WILL NOT ENDURE

I. Naval Manœuvres [3]

II. Introduces the Heroine of this Narrative [22]

III. Jimmy Marrable [28]

IV. An Understudy [49]

V. The Joy of Battle [61]

BOOK TWO