"Mary," he said in polite reply, briefly tipping his cap. "Might want to step back an' not look. As Admiral Boom'd say if 'e were 'ere: rough seas ahead."
Not that he didn't trust her to take care of things herself if need be, of course, but she was A Lady and had Standards, and if he'd learned anything at Bert's heel, it was that you treated that kind of person the way they ought to be treated, and anyone who didn't should learn otherwise from them what did.
He tugged his shirtsleeves up a bit and squared his jaw in a fashion that probably came off far more comical than he meant it. "Now listen 'ere, you -"
It interrupted him with a wave to the face as it got to its feet.
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Date: 2019-12-13 07:25 pm (UTC)Not that he didn't trust her to take care of things herself if need be, of course, but she was A Lady and had Standards, and if he'd learned anything at Bert's heel, it was that you treated that kind of person the way they ought to be treated, and anyone who didn't should learn otherwise from them what did.
He tugged his shirtsleeves up a bit and squared his jaw in a fashion that probably came off far more comical than he meant it. "Now listen 'ere, you -"
It interrupted him with a wave to the face as it got to its feet.
"Right, then."