There is an admiral of the Royal Navy here? [So there is someone to send dispatches to, perhaps. He'll remember that.] In a foreign port, his orders, indeed, compel me, as there is no Admiralty to confirm or issue differing orders.

[And no way to check the Navy List to make sure this was not someone simply calling themselves an admiral.

Still, if this woman has the connections to see him barred from the command of Britannia... Well. That is how favour works, isn't it? He's worked it many times in his favour or the favour of his friends. Perhaps it's high time he felt the other side of it.

Until it comes, he won't stand down, but an admiral's orders are an admiral's orders.]