And like a darn fool I pushed the drill away from me just as you struck.

It was coming down--you couldn't change it, man alive.
You'd aimed true at the drill, and--the drill wasn't just there at the moment.

Serves me right.

But it's tough on you, old boy--having to do the cooking for three of us while I'm laid up!" I'm sure I can't see how Casey Ryan ever got the name of being a devil with the ladies.

He certainly behaved like a yap then, if you get my meaning.