3/8 Take your uniform cap off, my lad, and, as soon as you have done, take off your jacket and put on a coloured suit." I had a good look through the glass at the junk, and made my report. "Looks like the boats we saw at Amoy, and as if she were going up to Wanghai." "Yes, that's it, I think," said Captain Thwaites to Mr Reardon. Then he sharply turned to me and gave me a dry look. "Well, Mr Herrick, you see I have taken your advice, and put my ship in this disgraceful state." "Yes, sir," I said eagerly; "and I hope it will prove successful." "So do I," he said drily. |