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I think you and some of the rest of us have narrowly escaped a Confederate prison . '' `` That is plain enough ; and we only escaped it because you took it into your head to leave the Vernon at the time you left her . I think the Bronx would have gone into Pensacola Bay without the least trouble , for I have no doubt Galvinne knew just what signals to make to Fort McRae , and just as well what ones to make to Fort Pickens . The ship would have been there by midnight , and up to that time I should have been asleep in my stateroom ; and they would not have taken the trouble to call the watch below at that hour . '' `` No matter ; we have the Bronx again , and she is not yet to become a Confederate cruiser . But Corny had the sealed orders of the flag-officer , and I heard Mr. Galvinne read them . The Bronx is ordered to St. Andrew 's to attend to the case of a steamer loading there to run the blockade .