Cora, you are impertinent. You charge your father with injustice. Have I ever been unjust to one of my children?
I did not mean that father, I meant that you were mistaken. That Charles——
That fiddle-sticks! Remember, girl, that I am never mistaken. That what I know I know, and what I know is law.
I meant father, that Charles would be here, as soon as he accomplishes the business he was sent on by Captain Davis.
Captain Davis has no authority over my son while on land. You forget that I am Admiral here—Lord High Admiral.
I forget nothing, father. But Captain Davis sent Charles on a mission of humanity and as soon as that is accomplished he will be here. An accident happened to Lord Wallace at the wharf this morning.
Accidents are always happening him. I hope this time he got drowned in earnest.
No, father, not drowned, but nearly so. If it had not been for a young man that belongs to the Reindeer, he would have perished.
Curse the young man that saved him. He ought to have let him go and become food for the sharks.