me on every sea? Was it unintentionally that you traveled aboard that frigate? Was it unintentionally that your shells bounced off my ship’s hull? Was it unintentionally that Mr. Ned Land hit me with his harpoon?”
I detected a controlled irritation in these words. But there was a perfectly natural reply to these charges, and I made it.
“Sir,” I said, “you’re surely unaware of the discussions that have taken place in
me on every sea? Was it unintentionally that you traveled aboard that frigate? Was it unintentionally that your shells bounced off my ship’s hull? Was it unintentionally that Mr. Ned Land hit me with his harpoon?”
I detected a controlled irritation in these words. But there was a perfectly natural reply to these charges, and I made it.
“Sir,” I said, “you’re surely unaware of the discussions that have taken place in
