Also, he is showing his claws just now, the truth being that he hates the lot of us, and would like to get back into Purr or Mur, or whatever the name of the place is, having lost us on the road.

You should have seen the way he looked at the Professor just now.

Oh! I wish the Captain had let me punch his head.

I'm sure it would have cleared the air a lot." As it chanced, Shadrach was destined to get his head "punched" after all, but by another hand.

It happened thus.