“Fifteen men on the dead man’s chest —Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!Drink and the devil had done for the rest —Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum! [6]”
heard in the silent air a sound – the noise of the blind man’s stick upon the road. It came nearer and nearer. Then it struck on the inn door.
As we pulled over, there was some discussion on the chart. The red cross was, of course, far too large to be a guide.