pigeon-peas

Updated: May 31, 2025

"That half-bottle of claret?" "Yes, sir, the very same." "Well, there was nothing to hurt you in that," I said. "Did you take it half and half with water, as I told you?" "I did indeed, sir." "And what did you eat for your dinner?" "Some pigeon-peas, and some rainbow fish." "Sure, nothing else?" "God's truth, sir." "It's very funny," I said.

Richard Le Gallienne - Pieces of Eight : Being the Authentic Narrative of a Treasure Discovered in the Bahama Islands in the Year 1903