beeee-e-atrice

Updated: June 13, 2025

I said I was a poor man, and poor men went into the navy; that I "knew" mathematics, which no army officer did; and I claimed Nelson for an exemplar, and spoke very highly of my outlook upon blue water. "He loved Lady Hamilton," I said, "although she was a lady and I will love you." We were somewhere near that when the egregious governess became audible, calling "Beeee-atrice! Beeee-e-atrice!"

H. G. (Herbert George) Wells - Tono Bungay