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THE BATTLE OF TSU-SHIMA

through, after two, three, or at the most four sallies, we shall have burnt all our supplies of coal, and have shed our blossoms before we have bloomed! We shall have to prepare for a siege, take our guns on shore, teach the crew to use bayonets———”

“A bas! A bas! Conspuez le prophète!” interrupted some. “Hear! Hear! strongly[1] said!” shouted others. “What about Austria's Parliament!”

“Let him finish,” growled Bogdanoff in his bass voice.

“Having postponed a discussion of questions of the distant future—a discussion which makes those who take part in it so excited,” continued Zotoff, availing himself of a quiet moment, “I will venture to say a few words concerning

  1. ↑ Verbatim in the context.—A.B.L.
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