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223 "You did your duty, and it was quite right for you to bring him on board. He is as devoted to the Confederate cause as my father is to the union. But go below, and have your wound dressed, Mr. Pennant."
āđāļ§āđāļ āļāļĢāļ āļŠāļĨāđāļāļ "I am entirely satisfied, Mr. Galvinne; and here is my hand," added Corny, who doubtless felt that he had fully vindicated himself. "I believe you; they be mixed if you be the captain when I done seen him on deck just now." "But we have plenty of good men, and some of them will make good officers," suggested the first lieutenant. "I don't think I am ever rash, mother; and if I have been exceedingly fortunate, it was more because the circumstances favored me than because I ran great risks," replied Christy very seriously, for he was sensitive on the point his mother had brought up. "Father has said a great deal to me on this subject, and I have always done my best to carry out his principles. It is not my fault that I have a friend at court, and have had opportunities that have not been offered to many others. But the tide may turn against me on my next cruise." "But Christy would have found plenty of witnesses here: the second lieutenant and the seamen on board of the Bronx, for example."