29/53 And anyhow we may as well get a move on us, because at sundown the dragon comes out to drink and exercise of himself. You can hear him rattling all night among these 'ere ruins; miles off you can 'ear 'im of a still night.' 'Suppose I don't want to be a Deliverer,' said Philip slowly. Come, Master Philip, sir, don't talk as if you wasn't going to be a man and do your duty for England, Home and Beauty, like it says in the song. Let's be starting, shall us ?' 'You think I ought to be the Deliverer ?' 'Ought stands for nothing,' said Mr.Perrin. 'I think you're a going to _be_ the Deliverer; that's what I think. |