No, the sea is not too rough, but the Torpedoes are decidedly embarrassing.

Is that a pretty shell that you are going to carry home to your children?

No, it is a live one, that, if it bursts a yard nearer, will blow us into
smithereens.

Do you propose returning to your lodging to-night?

That is a matter that will be decided by the Commander of the nearest
practising gun-boat.

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[Illustration: THE RESULT OF TOO MUCH GREEK.

_First Classic_. "BY THE WAY, HADN'T DANTE GOT ANOTHER NAME?"

_Second Classic_. "YES; ALFIERI, I THINK--OR ELSE ALIGHIERI."

_First Classic_. "AH, PERHAPS YOU'RE RIGHT. I HAD A NOTION IT WAS GABRIEL
ROSSETTI, OR SOMETHING!"]

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CUTTING REMARKS.

[Illustration: Tied to Time.]