16/18 "I have an idea that Mr.Quatermain is full of surprises. However, with his leave, we'll see. If you have a day to spare, Mr.Quatermain, we are going to shoot through the home coverts to-morrow, which haven't been touched till now, and I hope you will join us." "It is most kind of you, but that is impossible," I answered with firmness. "I have no gun here." "Oh, never mind that, Mr.Quatermain.I have a pair of breech-loaders"-- these were new things at that date--"which have been sent down to me to try. I am going to return them, because they are much too short in the stock for me. |