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"After the war, if you wish to see the young lady, you will have more time to attend to the affair, and I shall wish you every success then," said the captain lightly. "How long do you think the war will last, Captain Carboneer?" asked the major, in this connection. "Possibly it may last a year, though if we can break up that blockade, it will not last six months longer."
"He is Captain Carboneer," replied the major discreetly. "Perhaps he is Captain Carboneer; I don't know: things are not always what they seem, and I find that persons are not, either. Hasn't that been your experience, Mr. Mulgate I beg your pardon, Major Pierson?" The prisoner frowned, and gave a fierce glance at the midshipman, as though he felt like annihilating him with a look.
"Very well, major; I cannot object to your decision," added the captain, as he touched his hat and left the prisoner to the attentions of Sampson. He was kept on board of the Bellevite, now re-enforced by the return of about twenty of her former crew, so that regular watches were kept, and there was no chance for the prisoner to escape, and none for Captain Carboneer to capture the steamer. Dr.
If Captain Carboneer had tried to open that door, he would have found that it was fastened; but perhaps he could not have discovered that it had been secured upon the inside. Unless, therefore, he had taken the trouble to break open the door, he could not have ascertained that Christy Passford was actually in the cabin.
"Because that would be too simple and innocent altogether," replied the middy; and perhaps he felt some of the dignity of his new rank. "I think we had better see without being seen, especially as Captain Carboneer has seen and sailed the sloop. I have no doubt he has a sharp, nautical eye, and that he will recognize her.
Your people have not been as fortunate to-day with their gunnery practice as on that occasion," suggested the captain. "Now, Captain Carboneer, will you kindly inform me in regard to the status of this vessel? Is she a naval vessel, or simply a blockade runner?" "She is both; and I am sorry for your sake to inform you that you are a prisoner of war." "I supposed I was."
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