The Shellback's Progress

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Baron Walter Runciman Runciman. The Shellback's Progress

The Shellback's Progress

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Baron Walter Runciman Runciman

In the Nineteenth Century

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This was grave language to use to a superior officer, but the justice of it was evidenced by the submissive composure in which it was received. It was evidently soaking into the mate's thick skull that the water had not come from the skylight, and this idea was borne out by his not mentioning the matter to the lads when he went to their assistance. In spite of their weary and almost exhausted condition, they had to have their joke, so said to the officer:

"You're very wet, Tom; where have you been?"

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