Rites of Passage – William Golding - bzelbublive.info

"I know he does! I heard him as did the rest of the ship""We do not commonly have parsons in the Navy, sir. Thereare not enough to go round. O r i f there are, the reverendgentlemen do not choose the sea. I will give these a brushagain, sir. Now the coat?""Not only did I hear him but one of the young gentlemenconfirmed that Captain Anderson has a strong antipathy tothe cloth, a s di d Lieutenant Cumbershum earlier, now Irecollect it.""Did he, sir? Thank you, sir.""Is it not so?""I know nothing, Mr Talbot, sir. And now, sir, may I bring youanother draught of the paregoric? I believe you found it verysettling, sir.""No thank you, Wheeler. As you see, I have eluded thedemon.""It is rather strong, sir, as Mr Cumbershum informed you.And of course as he has less left, the purser has to chargemore for i t. That's quite natural, sir. I believe there is agentleman ashore as has wrote a book on it."I bade him leave me and lay on my bunk for a while.