Phrases like "lined Digesters" and "free sulphurous acid" came from his lips.

He implored some one to tell him if "the first cook" was finished, and he upbraided some one else for "cooling off" too fast.
The girl raised her head.

"But I fear he has become mad," she said.
"Wheesht, Mem," said Dickson, who recognized the jargon.

"He's a papermaker." Saskia sat down on the litter and lifted his head so that it rested on her breast.

Dougal at her bidding brought a certain case from her baggage, and with swift, capable hands she made a bandage and rubbed the wound with ointment before tying it up.