I shall devote the best portion of this afternoon to trying to get rid of as much of this stain as I can, at least off my face and hands.

The rest does not matter, one way or the other, and will wear off gradually; but I should like to get my face decent." "Well, you are rather an object, Stanley," he said.

"It would not matter so much about the colour, but all those tattoo marks are, to say the least of it, singular.

Of course they don't look so rum, now, in that native undress; but when you get your uniform on, the effect will be startling.
"We will have a chat with the doctor.

He may have something in his medicine chest that will at least soften them down a bit.