"Beastly night," he announced to the company in general and turned to report to Otway, who had sat up alert on the instant.
"Yes," quoted Otway,
"'Thou comest from thy voyage—
Yes, the spray is on thy cloak and hair.'"
"'Thou comest from thy voyage—
Yes, the spray is on thy cloak and hair.'"
That's Matthew Arnold, if the information conveys anything to you. Everything quiet?"
"Quite quiet, sir, for the last twenty minutes; and the Captain just come in and unloading. No accidents, though they very nearly met their match, five hundred yards down the road."
"We heard," said Polkinghorne.
"I tucked the Infant into his little O.P., and left him comfy. He won't see anything there to-night."
"He'll think he does," said Sammy Barham with conviction.
"The Infant is quite a good Infant," Otway observed; and then, sinking his voice a tone, "Lord, if at his age I'd had his sense of responsibility…"