11/34 If he's had any luck at all this morning he'll have forgotten about the paraffin oil before I get to him. Don't believe all the Major says about Mr.Simpkins. There's no one I know who's fairer-minded in a general way than the Major. But in the case of Mr.Simpkins he's regularly warped, and you ought not to take any notice of what he may have said." Sir Gilbert Hawkesby was up to his knees in the river when Meldon came upon him. |