20/27 "And you'll be laid up, and go on perhaps to locked jaw; and then you'll expect me to nurse you!" "I shall expect nothing of the sort, ma'am, I pledge you my word; I'll nurse myself. All ready, Carteret ?" "All ready. Same point as before, Hart ?" "Same point: round the boat and home again." "And it's ten sovs. You'll lose, Carteret." Carteret laughed. |