He wanted a lot more done by the time the captain returned home.
The Captain returned it as best he could, then pulled away.
O'Brien had thought then that the captain would never return to them.
He meant to apply for another job when the Captain returned.
The Captain returned the can to the table and shook his head as one in a dream.
The captain returned some time after, and appeared surprised to find me still there.
The captain returned like something lost to his dusty men.
The Captain did not return and no one else talked to him until he was ordered on deck.
"I mean that they have killed an enemy, which is a very different thing," returned the captain.
Another captain took the wine order and, a mere 20 minutes later, returned with it.