p-p-p-promise

Updated: May 19, 2025

"An important clue is held by Constable Flanders as it is known that the parties came to Bailey's Harbor in a yacht named Hoppergrass and a search is being made for that yacht, Constable Flanders promising the yacht a warm reception if he finds her in the vicinity of Bailey's Harbor with the miscreants on board." "W-Well, he k-k-k-kept that p-p-p-promise, all r-right!" remarked Spook.

Edmund Lester Pearson - The Voyage of the Hoppergrass