"If anything else turns up, I'll let you know," the captain promised.

The captain back in Julia had promised no such thing.

"This captain promised me one shot, or I would not have left my home."

The captain had promised her lessons, but so far they hadn't consisted of much.

Even though the captain had promised to answer her questions, this was one she meant to guard to herself.

Now the captain had promised to take him with him some day.

"We'll get to the bottom of this," the captain promised himself.

"That's correct," the captain said and promised a status report.

It was a victory that their captain had promised would happen.