"So you are the British naval officer that Monsieur Leroy told me about when I relieved him, are you?  And you want a bath, do you?  Very well; go and take one, by all means.  And, hark ye, Monsieur Englishman, a word in your ear.  Take my advice, and after you have had your bath get back to your cabin, and stay there until the captain has been informed of your presence in the ship; for if he were to come on deck, and unexpectedly see you, the chances are that he would blow your brains out without thinking twice about it.  He is not quite an angel in the matter of temper, and I may tell you that he is not too well disposed toward Englishmen in general, and English naval officers in particular.  Now be off, get your bath, and scuttle back to your cabin as quickly as may be."