tom swift among the diamond makers

 A man was at the dock of a french port and was watching the ships come and go he was watching one ship in particular a lean low fast looking vessel that looked as if it was piloted by very skilled sailors he wanted to get on this ship and be an officer but he would need to talk to the people there first. as the men cam to shore they walked to a place where they could eat and they sat down and ate one of the men who had a little to much wine was  talking ill about napoleon who was there leader at the time. The man could not have this so he stood up and asked the man from the ship to refute wat he had said about npaleon.