He won't stand up for himself, Wyndham." "Oh," observed Wyndham, "there's a lot of them like that--regular cowards they are." "Exactly, this fellow's one of them.

He's always funking it." Wyndham laughed.
"I know who you mean--Tedbury, isn't it ?" "No, that's not his name," said Riddell.

"He's a nicer sort of fellow than Tedbury.

There are one or two fellows that are always down on him, too.

They see he's no pluck, and so they think they can do what they like with him." "Meekins gets a good deal mauled about by some of the others," said Wyndham.
"This fellow gets a good deal more damaged than Meekins," said the captain.