hail-the-maintop

Updated: June 3, 2025

"That was a great old shot you did on me, Rainsford, with those Verneuk Draais," cut in the other man, in a jolly, hail-the-maintop sort of voice. He was a tall, fair-haired, athletic fellow, whose condition looked as hard as nails. "Ja, it just was." "Well, I'll buy them back if you like, Wheeler." "How much?" "Sixteen and a half." A roar of good-humoured derision went up from the other.

Bertram Mitford - The Sign of the Spider