Competitive brothers

Two brothers were so competitive that they grew to hate each other. Once they left home, they avoided each other completely, but each grew to become famous in his own field, one becoming a bishop and the other an admiral. Many years later, they happened to meet by chance on a railway platform, both dressed in the uniformed regalia of their ranks. The bishop went coolly up to his admiral brother and said 'Ah! Stationmaster, when does the next train for Brighton leave?' The brother replied. 'In ten minutes, but do you think it is wise to travel in your condition, madam?'