15-ft

Updated: May 1, 2025

"I should hope there'll be no prisoners took after this," he says grimly whenever he hears of a new outrage. "Vermin that's what they are," he says, "and they should be treated according-ly." The Germans, in fact, have become the substitute for every term of execration, even with mild David the labourer. He came into the orchard last evening staggering under a 15-ft. ladder.

A. G. (Alfred George) Gardiner - Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough