London at the End of the Century:A Book of Gossip
a Beckett, Arthur William
1900
RIVALS ON THE SEA.
I think, on the whole, Englishmen are better sailors than Frenchmen. Certainly an inspection of after a is not calculated to increase the prestige of He generally leans on the arm of his wife and is utterly | |
290 | regardless of appearances. His buttonhole of the Legion of Honour is uncared for and he is feeble to a degree. When asked brusquely whether he wishes to go to he replies in a broken voice that he desires to be taken to Some years since, I went over to on a perfectly calm day (so it appeared to all the English on board) for the south. As it was a trial trip, we had shipped some who were to inspect our luggage while we were half seas over. When we got into port at , we found that the representatives of the French Customs had been too ill to attend to their duties! And yet as I have said, the sea appeared to us sturdy Britons as calm as a mill pond. I suppose the affair is a matter of temperament combined with nationality. |