"We are in chase of a ship, my lord," cried Captain Acton, "which we hope to capture.",
Here Mr Pierpoint, who held some influential position in connection with Old Harbour and was one of Captain Acton's frequent guests at his whist tables, exclaimed: "The master of the Aurora told me, a day or two ago, that Mr Lawrence was attempting a wonderful innovation in Merchant ships by the introduction of a sick-bay, after the custom of men-o'-war.",
"'Tis a very old-fashioned term, madam," said General Groves, "current in my time, but I question if much understood in this.".
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