I should not call it sending him to Coventry, or anything of that sort, but I do think that we should express by our manner that we don't wish to have any communication with him." There was a general expression of assent to this opinion, Wilson alone protesting against it.
"You can do as you like," he said; "but certainly I shall speak to Bathurst, and I am sure the Doctor and Major Hannay will do so.

I don't want to stand up for a coward, but I believe what the Doctor says.

I have seen a good deal of Bathurst, and I like him; besides, haven't you heard the story the Doctor has been telling about his attacking a tiger with a whip to save a native woman?
I don't care what anyone says, a fellow who is a downright coward couldn't do a thing like that." "Who told the Doctor about it ?" Farquharson asked.

"If he got it from Bathurst, I don't think it goes for much after what we have seen." Wilson would have replied angrily, but Captain Doolan put his hand on his shoulder.
"Shut up, Wilson," he said; "this is no time for disputes; we are all in one boat here, and must row together like brothers.

You go your own way about Bathurst, I don't blame you for it; he is a man everyone has liked, a first rate official, and a good fellow all round, except he is not one of the sociable kind.