Mr. Midshipman Glover, R.N.: A Tale of the Royal Navy of To-day

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T. T. Jeans. Mr. Midshipman Glover, R.N.: A Tale of the Royal Navy of To-day

Mr. Midshipman Glover, R.N.: A Tale of the Royal Navy of To-day

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T. T. Jeans

Published by Good Press, 2020

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The news that we were not going back soon spread amongst my men, and Captain Helston ordered me to fall them in, just abaft the bridge, and made them a little speech—just the right thing—no big words and high-sounding phrases. He told them he was very sorry they wouldn't have the opportunity of wishing their friends good-bye, said he relied on them to do their duty, and held out the probability of prize-money. He has a fine, tall, commanding figure, and his speech went down with the men very well.

Nothing important happened. We never pressed the engines to full speed, and after a short time dropped to fifteen knots, which we kept up all through the afternoon, steering out of the usual course of ships running up or down channel till we reached the rendezvous and stopped engines.

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