[The Willoughby Captains by Talbot Baines Reed]@TWC D-Link bookThe Willoughby Captains CHAPTER NINE 2/13
What do you think I found in his brush-and-comb bag the other day? Thirteen cigar- ends! He goes about collecting them in Shellport, I suppose, and finishes them up on the quiet." "Oh, he's a beast!" said Cusack.
"And old Silk's about as bad.
He doesn't care a bit what we do as long as he enjoys himself.
Don't suppose he'd be down on us, do you ?" "No fear! He might pot us now and then for appearances' sake, but he wouldn't report us, I guess." "And suppose he did," said Cusack; "the new captain's as big a muff as all the lot of them put together.
He's afraid to look at a chap. Didn't you hear what he did to the Parrett's kids the other day ?" "Yes; didn't I!" exclaimed Pilbury.
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