Call for a Comrade
Jan. 10th, 2010 11:06 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rabidsamfan"It's a bit late for that," I said. "What about the other boys? Did they all go but you?"
"Most of 'em, 'cept me and the littler ones." Alfie scowled. "I told him I was old enough, but Mr. Holmes said he didn't want to be responsible for telling my grandmother I'd been skylarking and fallen off the boat."
"So all the older boys went?"
"Except for Simpson. He got sent to take a message to Wiggins, in case he didn't go to jail."
Wiggins! I struck myself on the forehead with an open palm. I'd lost track of Wiggins!
"Most of 'em, 'cept me and the littler ones." Alfie scowled. "I told him I was old enough, but Mr. Holmes said he didn't want to be responsible for telling my grandmother I'd been skylarking and fallen off the boat."
"So all the older boys went?"
"Except for Simpson. He got sent to take a message to Wiggins, in case he didn't go to jail."
Wiggins! I struck myself on the forehead with an open palm. I'd lost track of Wiggins!
