"Aha! so you noticed that, did you?" observed the general.  "Yes, it is quite true; you have very precisely expressed what we have all noticed at one time or another.  His eyes belie the words of his lips very often, that is to say when he chooses to be civil, which is not always. When I saw him this morning I quite believed we were in for a particularly unpleasant day, for he had all the appearance of a man in a very bad temper, but for some reason he has seen fit to behave himself to-day.  But never fear, you will soon have an opportunity to see what he is like when he chooses to let himself go.  His behaviour is then that of a madman, and I am sometimes inclined to believe that he really is mad.  But suppose that he should do as Carter suggests he may, and order you and your men to quit the ship, will you go?"