"In fact, the whiff of cocoa-nut oil, and other dark perfumes about him, came out in a hot calm at sea, when everything sickens one, as to need no inquiry about the matter; however, I walked straight aft to the round-house, and in at the open door, through which Sir Charles was to be seen pacing from one side of his cabin to the other, like a Bengal tiger in a cage. 'Harkye, young man,' said he sternly, turning as soon as I came in, with my hat in my hand, 'since I had the honour of your company here this morning, I have recollected--indeed, I find that one of my servants had done the same--that you are the person who molested my family by various annoyances beside my garden at Croydon, sir!' 'Indeed, Sir Charles!' said I coolly, for the bitter feeling I had made me cool: 'they must have been unintentional then, sir! But I was certainly at Croydon, seeing my mother's house happens to be there.' 'You must have had some design in entering this vessel, sir!' continued the judge, in a passion: ''gad, sir, the coincidence is too curious! Tell me what it is at once, or by----' 'My design was to go to India, sir,' answered I, as quietly as before. 'In what capacity?--who are you?--what--who--what do you want _there_, eh?' rapped out the judge. 'I'm not aware, sir,' said I, 'what right you've got to question me; but I--in fact, I'll tell _so_ much to any man--why, I'm an officer in the Navy.' "Sir Charles brought short up in his pacing and stamping, and stared at me. 'An officer in the Navy!' repeated he; 'but yes--why, now I think, I do remember something in your dress, sir--though it was the _face_ that struck me! In short then, sir, this makes the case worse: you are here on false pretences--affecting the very reverse, sir--setting yourself up for a model of simplicity,--a laughing-stock indeed!' 'I had reasons for not wishing my profession to be known, Sir Charles,' said I; 'most special reasons. They're now over, however, and I don't care _who_ knows it!' 'May I ask what these were?' said the judge. '_That_ I'll never tell to any man breathing!' I said determinedly.