| And you do wonder
Written by Rebecca Mog
(9/20/2005 7:06 a.m.)
in consequence of the missive, Indeed!, penned by Rae
quite what kind of acquaintance it was! There's something upright about the adjective 'naval', and an admiral (though not in danger of upstaging a baronet) may still be considered gentlemanlike. The word 'Sailors', however, (at least from the mouth of Mrs Clay) seems to have a faintly suspect air to it. Many kinds of men were sailors, weren't they, Mrs Clay?
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