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It was much easier than he had supposed to converse with a woman for an hour at a time. IT WAS MUCH EASIER THAN HE SUPPOSED TO CONVERSE WITH THE WOMAN FOR AN HOUR AT A TIME
’t any use tryin’ to speak with you chaps rottin’ me like this. Let’s have some pool.” It is not unpleasant to spend eight-and-twenty days in an easy-going steamer on warm waters, in the company of a woman who lets you see that you are head and shoulders superior to the rest of the world, even though that woman may be, and most often is, ten counted years your senior. P.O. boats are not lighted with the disgustful particularity of Atlantic liners. There is more phosphorescence at the bows, and greater silence and darkness by the hand-steering gear aft. Awful things might have happened to Georgie but for the little fact that he had never studied the first principles of the game he was expected to play. So when Mrs. Zuleika, at Aden, told him how motherly an interest she felt in his welfare, medals, brevet, and all, Georgie took her at the foot of the letter, and promptly talked of his own mother, three hundred miles nearer each day, of his home, and so forth, all the way up the Red Sea.  THE BRUSHWOOD BOY BY ROGYARD KIPLING THIS LIEBREVOX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN RECORDING BY LEOMELIE IT IS NOT UNPLEASANT TO SPEND EIGHT AND TWENTY DAYS IN AN EASY GOING STEAMER ON WARM WATERS IN THE COMPANY OF A WOMAN WHO LETS YOU SEE THAT YOU'RE HEAD AND SHOULDERS SUPERIOR TO THE REST OF THE WORLD EVEN THOUGH THAT WOMAN MAY BE AND OFTEN IS TEN COUNTED YEARS YOUR SENIOR PIANO BOATS ARE NOT LIGHTED WITH THE DISGUSTFUL PARTICULARITY OF ATLANTIC LINERS THERE IS MORE PHOSPHORESCENCE AT THE BOWS AND GREATER SILENCE AND DARKNESS BY THE HAND STEERING GEAR AFT AWFUL THINGS MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED TO GEORGIE BUT FOR THE LITTLE FACT THAT HE HAD NEVER STUDIED THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF THE GAME HE WAS EXPECTED TO PLAY SO WHEN MISSUS ZULEIKA AT HADDEN TOLD HIM HOW MOTHERLY AN INTEREST SHE FELT IN HIS WELFARE MEDALS BREVET AND ALL GEORGIE TOOK HER AT THE FOOT OF THE LETTER AND PROMPTLY TALKED OF HIS OWN MOTHER THREE HUNDRED MILES NEARER EACH DAY OF HIS HOME AND SO FORTH ALL THE WAY UP THE RED SEA
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