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Updated: May 7, 2025
They found the exact shade at last on a ten-pound tin of Aspinall enamels, and Bosambo thought long. "Lord," said he, "I think I know where I may find just such a crocodile as you want."
No doubt the Q.E. turned up in the very nick of time, at a moment when we were being forced to retire too rapidly. A certain number of stragglers were slipping quietly back towards Cape Helles along the narrow sandy strip at the foot of the high cliffs, so, as it was flat calm, I sent Aspinall off in a small boat with orders to rally them.
"I ordered you not to come," said Aspinall: "I can still pull a trigger, Sir," replied the man. To-day's experiences have been of the strangest. As armies have grown and as the range of firearms has increased, the Commander-in-Chief of any considerable force has been withdrawn further and further from the fighting.
Even "John's" attentive ear and mildly idiotic expression would have been welcome, but he was gone. He had been in court that morning, and had won a small debt case, and had departed cheerfully, under the impression that he lost it. "Y'aw Mrs Aspinall, ain't you?" She started, and looked round.
Aspinall and his solicitor retired to a room for a legal consultation. It began thus: "I say, Lane, fetch me a nobbler of brandy; a stiffener, mind." Lane fetched the stiffener in a soda-water bottle, and it cleared the legal atmosphere. When the court resumed business, Frank took his stand in the witness box, and a voice said: "Now, Mr. Barlow, look at me."
Amber had been feeding Aspinall assiduously for the last ten minutes, and Acton had, despite his cleverness, more than he could really hold in the flying International. He stalled off the attack somehow, and Bourne always covered his exertions, so that it seemed as if there would be a draw after all. At last the ball was swung across, and Aspinall was off on a final venture.
All quiet, the Goliath says: the enemy was so roughly handled in an attack they made last night that they do not trouble our withdrawal too pleased to see us go, it seems! So this part of our plan has gone clean off the rails. Keyes, Braithwaite, Aspinall, Dawnay, Godfrey are sick but their disappointment is nothing to mine.
Buller's only scored once, when Aspinall, their wing three, who had his Seconds, got a decent pass, and ran practically the whole length of the field. Towards the end, however, the light House grovel got tired and was penned in its own half. "Come on, House," Gordon yelled. "One more rush; let the swine have it!" The House was exhausted, it managed to keep Buller's out; but no more.
"We'll not have any of our dirty linen washed coram populo, old chap. Frightful bad form. No one knows but you, Aspinall, and self." "Surely Aspinall will " "You don't know Aspinall, old man. He'd shrivel up sooner than say a word more. Bet you he'll speak of it as an accident. Remember, he was captain of the school here once." "Which makes it a blacker shame than ever," said Bourne, wrathfully.
"No, thanks," said Phil, icily; "but, if you've no objection, I'd like to close your door. May I?" "By all means." "My opinion of you, Acton " "Why trouble about that, Bourne; I know it.". "is that you're an unmitigated cad." "Gently, friend, gently," said Acton, half getting up. "You, by your foul play, have disfigured poor Aspinall for life " "Bourne, you're a monomaniac on that subject.
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