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winslot88 "Nothing further, captain," said the executive officer; and the stock of this particular Lieutenant Passford mounted another trifle. CHAPTER XXVII THE PLANNING OF AN EXPEDITION In less than half an hour the two vessels were under way, and just at dark they were within hail of the flag-ship. "You certainly could not have been aware that your official envelope contained only blank paper. I cannot believe that one more simple-minded than I believe you to be would have had the effrontery to present such matter as evidence that he was an officer of the United States Navy," continued Captain Battleton, with a look of greater severity than he had before assumed, possibly because he realized that the real Lieutenant Passford was higher in rank than he was himself. "Whether the decision be just or not, I am obliged to regard you as son of the Homer Passford who supports the government of the Confederacy. You and the other Mr. Passford have recognized each other as cousins."