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t thing to do on your part is to renounce this idea of taking a lady passenger with you in the steamer," replied Captain Carboneer, in a very decided tone. "Women are not permitted on board of naval vessels, especially in time of war." "I don't think I have any idea to renounce," muttered Mulgate. "You certainly hinted that you desired to take a lady on board, and convey her to our destination," said the captain, rather earnestly. "Not against her will, as you and Corny will have it," protested Mulgate. "Do you renounce that plan or that idea, whatever it may be?" "I do not renounce it. If the lady is willing to go with me, as I believe she will be, I know of no reason why she should not go as a passenger," argued Mulgate. "I think we had better abandon the enterprise in the beginning, for I think we can be of more service to our country at liberty than within the walls of Fort Lafayette," added the captain, with not a little disgust mingled with his indignation. Whatever his object in visiting this locality, he was clearly a high-toned gentleman, and the idea of prosecuting a love adventure in connection with what he regarded as a highly patriotic duty was repulsive to his nature. He found by trial that the Florence was not grounded very hard on the beach, for the tide was rising, and he drew the boat farther up from the water, as he turned to walk away from the spot. "Am I to understand that you retire from this enterprise, Captain Carboneer?" asked Mulgate. "Am I to understand that you renounce your scheme to carry off a woman as a part of the enterprise?" demanded the captain. "I do not renounce it, though I have no intention to carry off a woman, as you put it. The most I have asked is that she be permitted to go as a passenger of her own free will," replied Mulgate. "She never will go with him of her own free will," interposed Corny. "I will not have a woman on board of the vessel, whether she goes willingly or otherwise. Do you renounce that scheme entirely?" "I think you are driving me into a small corner, Captain Carboneer." "After what you have said before, I think I am fully justified in what I require. With your private affairs, I have nothing to do. If you choose to marry this young lady, I have nothing to say about that; but no woman can be a passenger in a war vessel under my command. After I have landed you at Bermuda or Nassau, I shall not attempt to run the blockade, which
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