Why, sir, what's all this? Surely you have not forgot you are entertaining the Captain?'
'And how am I supposed to entertain the Captain, for all love?' asked Stephen. 'Am I to grin at him through a horse-collar, propose riddles and conundrums, cut capers?'
'Come, sir,' said Calamy, 'the gunroom is entertaining the Captain to dinner, and you
have only ten minutes to change. There is not a moment to be lost.
'And how am I supposed to entertain the Captain, for all love?' asked Stephen. 'Am I to grin at him through a horse-collar, propose riddles and conundrums, cut capers?'
'Come, sir,' said Calamy, 'the gunroom is entertaining the Captain to dinner, and you
have only ten minutes to change. There is not a moment to be lost.
( Patrick O'Brian )
[ Treason's Harbour ]
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