barge-deck

Updated: May 20, 2025

When they were standing side by side in the darkness of the barge-deck, Cronk spoke. "Lem," he said, "I told ye before that Flea ain't like Flukey. She'd just as soon throw herself into that water as she'd look at ye. She ain't afraid of nothin' but you, and ye've got to keep yer hands offen her till I git her foul, do ye hear?"

Grace Miller White - From the Valley of the Missing