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Captain Macnamara. He had hold of the 

 arm of a tall gentleman, whom I also knew 

 as Mr. Butt, one of the highest officials in the 

 Navy Pay Office.* The music ceased as well 

 as the dancing; and two of the stewards 

 walked up to know what was the cause of 

 this interruption, when the doorkeeper in- 

 formed them that Captain Macnamara had 

 insisted on being admitted without a ticket. 

 This caused no little altercation, during 

 which one of the stewards denounced such 

 conduct as unbecoming a gentleman. The 

 captain, asserting that this was language he 

 was not accustomed to, said that he should 

 expect satisfaction for it, adding, he was 

 ready for anything. 



"As many as you please, gentlemen," 

 said he with a most inviting smile. A 

 friend of mine, one of the stewards, always 

 what is now termed a plucky fellow, 

 now stepped up to him 



* This is the same gentleman who shared the fortunes of 

 Lord Cochrane in the famous Stock Exchange trial. 



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