f'nish'd

Updated: May 21, 2025

Awfly shorry, old man, but I've f'nish'd th' whisky. The bo-o-ottle shempty, and I waved it upside down with an imbecile giggle. Laputa said something which I did not catch. Henriques laughed an ugly laugh. 'We had better make certain of him, he said. The two argued for a minute, and then Laputa seemed to prevail. The door was shut and the key, which I had left in the lock, turned on me.

John Buchan - Prester John