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Updated: May 5, 2025
An' they'd swop beef-tea an' jellies with each other, an' Dan 'ud try an' coax a little port wine out o' Harry, which he 'ad to make blood with, but Harry 'ud say he hadn't made enough that day, an' he'd drink to the better health of old Dan's prognotice, an' smack his lips until it drove us a'most crazy to 'ear him.
"'Prog what, sir? ses Dan, staring. "'Prognotice, ses the skipper, at least I think that's the word he said. 'You keep perfectly still, an' I'll go an' mix you up a draught, and tell the cook to get some strong beef-tea on. "Well, the skipper 'ad no sooner gone, than Cornish Harry, a great big lumbering chap o' six feet two, goes up to old Dan, an' he ses, 'Gimme that book.
"'Go away, says Dan, 'don't come worrying 'ere; you 'eard the skipper say how bad my prognotice was. "'You lend me the book, ses Harry, ketching hold of him, 'or else I'll bang you first, and split to the skipper arterwards. I believe I'm a bit consumptive. Anyway, I'm going to see. "He dragged the book away from the old man, and began to study.
"Then old Dan said his piece over to him, an' the skipper shook his head an' looked very solemn. "'How long have you been like this? he ses. "'Four or five years, sir, ses Dan. 'It ain't nothing serious, sir, is it? "'You lie quite still, ses the skipper, putting a little trumpet thing to his chest an' then listening. 'Um! there's serious mischief here I'm afraid, the prognotice is very bad.
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