naphtha-stove

Updated: August 27, 2026

In the launch, of which the whole centre was taken by the naphtha-stove the engine by courtesy sat a young Englishman, whose face had that frank, attractive look of one whose thoughts are kindly, well disposed to all the world; and at stem and stern stood, erect and silent, the white-clothed figure of a boy from the Soudan.

Victoria Cross - Six Women