They say the admiral is on board.

They must be sound sleepers in our fortress there, said the Admiral.

But we are not quite so particular, said the admiral.

I like to talk over by-gone days with an old shipmate, said the admiral.

He looked like an alligator, said the Admiral, who did not mince his words.

It isn't too late to give it up, said the Admiral, looking at Tom.

The pause seemed of the longest; then, "Not so," said the Admiral, quietly.

Says the admiral to me, "Are we to go in that?"

The Russians, said the admiral, are blab blabs.

I'm dead certain of that, said the Admiral.

Of course," said the admiral, shifting his cigar, "there's a business end to it.

She could not say the Admiral's name.

Say the Admiral foot to foot?

'Humph!' said the Admiral, 'the boy will be all the better without them.'

"Go on... take his money, Major," said the admiral from the shadows.

"Ah, I think I can improve on those," said the Admiral confidently.