32/37 One of these times I shall die; there's not a shadow of doubt of that. The girls always have to carry me ashore, one holding me by the hair and one by the boots. Happily, I am so emancipated that my weight doesn't distress them. I pick up flesh in a day or two, and then my health is stupendous--as at present. You see how marvellously _fit_ I look.' 'Yes, you look very well,' replied Monica, glancing at the fair, comely face. |