15/23 The Lord ha' mercy on him, whose bones are in the caverns of the deep." "Now, Abram, do shut up. I'll bring in the ham directly," said Temperance. I lingered in the hope of discovering why Mr.Handy irritated Temperance. He was a man of sixty, with a round head, and a large, tender wart on one cheek; the two tusks under his upper lip suggested a walrus. |