fo'castle-head

Updated: May 17, 2025

At the end of perhaps a minute there came from the veranda a perfect imitation of the lascar's ungrammatical, whining singsong from a fo'castle-head: "Hum dekta hai! I'm on the watch." Grim nodded to himself, I suppose, for none had spoken to him. "Do you mind stepping out and getting that letter from him, Ramsden? Keep in the shadow, please, and give him this pistol; he may need it."

Talbot Mundy - Affair in Araby