"My dears, though still young, I have had many opportunities of observing young men. There were many such on board the dear old Crippler, I assure you. After that, when I was with Captain Swosser in the Mediterranean, I embraced every opportunity of knowing and befriending the midshipmen under Captain Swosser's command. YOU never heard them called the young gentlemen, my dears, and probably would not understand allusions to their pipe-claying their weekly accounts, but it is otherwise with me, for blue water has been a second home to me, and I have been quite a sailor. Again, with Professor Dingo."
"A man of European reputation," murmured Mr. Badger.
"When I lost my dear first and became the wife of my dear second," said Mrs. Badger, speaking of her former husbands as if they were parts of a charade, "I still enjoyed opportunities of observing youth. The class attendant on Professor Dingo's lectures was a large one, and it became my pride, as the wife of an eminent scientific man seeking herself in science the utmost consolation it could impart, to throw our house open to the students as a kind of Scientific Exchange. Every Tuesday evening there was lemonade and a mixed biscuit for all who chose to partake of those refreshments. And there was science to an unlimited extent."

"- my dears, though still young, I have had many opportunities of observing young men. There were many such on board the dear old Crippler, I assure you. I embraced every chance of befriending the midshipmen under Captain Swosser's command. Again, with Professor Dingo."
"A man of European reputation," murmured Mr. Badger.
"When I became the wife of my dear second husband," said Mrs. Badger, "I still enjoyed opportunities of observing youth. The class attending Professor Dingo's lectures was a large one, and it became my pride, as the wife of such an eminent scientific man, to throw our house open to the students. Every Tuesday evening there was lemonade and mixed biscuits for all who chose to partake."
