A cook's galley, it
is, and so narra' that with a wooden leg in dirty weather you can
prop yourself tight when she rolls, an' stir the soup with it
between-times!"
They entered the hospital, and the Major packed his knapsack with
hasty, eager hands.
"What's this mess on the floor?" asked Ben Jope, pointing to the
fragments of plaster of Paris.
"That?" The Major looked up from his packing. "That's a sort of
image I broke. Come along; we haven't time to pick up the pieces."
They crossed the harbour in Cai Tamblyn's boat, and moored her safely
at the ferry slip. On the knap of the hill the Major turned for a
last look.
From the Town Quay, far below and across the water, the lights of the
merry-go-round winked at him gaily, knowingly.
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