He shrank back, quivering.
"There! there! man! Pit it oop!" he shrieked.

"I maun gie in!" Frona's face was quite pale, but her eyes were hard, brilliantly hard, and she nodded approval.
"We're going to try this side, and shoot across from above," she called to her father.

"What?
I can't hear.

Tommy?
Oh, his heart's weak.
Nothing serious." She saluted with her paddle.

"We'll be back in no time, father mine.