Here he lived too, in skipper-like state, all alone with his nephew Walter: a boy of fourteen who looked quite enough like a midshipman, to carry out the prevailing idea.

他像小商船的船长一样，和他的外甥沃尔特住在这里，没有别的人。沃尔特是一位十四岁的男孩子，他那副神态活像是一位海军军官候补生，这也进一步加深了上述总的印象。