“A career Navy man, onetime skipper of the massive carrier Kitty Hawk, the strapping Godfrey is the very model of what used to be known, admiringly, (that is, before the term got decreed so old fashioned it was just as likely to be employed mockingly) as a thorough gentlemen. ...Yet for all his solicitous manner, Earl is one tough customer, unshakable in his convictions and never less than entirely straightforward about what is on his mind. I have never seen him in uniform, but even in a cardigan and loafers he retains an aura of command.”
