Chapter 61 No.61

"Go down to the cabin, sir, and let the commodore and his friend know the boat is ready."

Down the ladder skipped Mr. Mouse, and while he was gone, the guard, in their white summer uniform and cross-belts, stood at ease, resting on their muskets on the quarter-deck, eight side-boys and the boatswain at the starboard gangway, with the first lieut