counter-bid

Updated: January 7, 2026

Sensational freights were offered for the veriest rattletraps, and as the young commander of the Boadicea estimated his craft to be one of the finest of her class afloat, he made a counter-bid which startled the Grecian modesty of his interesting visitors.

Baron Walter Runciman Runciman - The Shellback's Progress: In the Nineteenth Century