out-blown

Updated: May 20, 2025

With his rags out-blown in the monsoon he looked like a sea wraith come to life. The big gongs clanged again, and the Puncher drifted rather than drove down on the smaller craft. A hand line caught the pilot precisely in the face. He grabbed it frantically, fell headlong in the sea, and was hauled aboard. "He says he wants a tow for that boat of his," reported the sublieutenant.

Talbot Mundy - Told in the East