The Lost World
80 and
he's to be all right in a week.
fellah, I
hope you don't
mind
I say,
what ?
young
You
see,
between you an' me close-tiled, I look on this South American business as a mighty serious thing, and if I have a pal with me I want a man I can bank So I sized you down, and I'm bound to say on.
came well out of it. You see, it's all up to you and me, for this old Summerlee man will want dry-nursin' from the first. By the way, are you by any chance the Malone who is expected that you
to get his
"A
Rugby cap
for Ireland?"
reserve, perhaps."
I remembered your face. Why, I was there when you got that try against Richas fine a swervin' run as I saw the whole mond season. I never miss a Rugby match if I can help it, for it is the manliest game we have left. Well, I didn't ask you in here just to talk sport. We've got to fix our business. Here are the
"I thought
on the first page of the Times. There's a Booth boat for Para next Wednesday week, and if the Professor and you can work it, I think we should take it what? Very good, I'll fix it with him. What about your outfit?" sailin's,
"My
paper will see to that."
"Can you shoot?" "About average
"Good Lord!
Territorial standard."
as
bad as that?
It's
the last
thing you young fellahs think of learnin'. You're all bees without stings, so far as lookin' after the hive goes. You'lKlook silly, some o' these days, when someone comes along an' sneaks the honey.