Valentine Williams,
Island Gold — XII. I meet an Old Acquaintance
(1923)
“ How far the singer was from me it was impossible to estimate; for a voice carries far at night—he might be anything from twenty to a hundred yards away. There was nothing to do but retire;—in that clammy, steamy darkness any idea of stalking a man was out of the question. ”
Valentine Williams,
Island Gold — XII. I meet an Old Acquaintance
(1923)
“ I'm going to put up a little sand-bag parapet at the mouth of this cave. It commands a fine field of fire and will allow you or Carstairs to challenge anybody who comes within thirty yards. As soon as we've put the place in a proper state of defence, I'm going out to do a little reconnoitring on my own...” “My dear fellow,” remarked Garth, sitting up in bed and nursing his toes, “to hear you talk you'd think the blessed old British Empire had ceased to count in the world. Foreigners can't go about murdering British subjects, you know. ”
Valentine Williams,
Island Gold — XII. I meet an Old Acquaintance
(1923)
“ He showed me the automatic in his hand. “I don't like the look of things at all, Carstairs,” said I. “And that's a fact. I'm not getting the wind up over a lot of shadows; but I don't propose to risk having the cave rushed. You've got some bread-bags and the like, haven't you? Well, get one of the shovels and start filling them with sand, will you? If we can run up a bit of cover round the entrance to the cave, one man ought to be able to hold it against all comers. ”
