Posted by Ed Kiser on June 20, 2004 at 13:22:03 from 64.12.116.8 user Kisered.
In Reply to: Re: Helpfulness on the UndergrounD) posted by John Nichols on June 19, 2004 at 20:56:46:
John --
(This is in reference to the link John Nichols offered in the previous entry of this forum.)
Now we know what Nancy was referring to when they were loading up to move their camp from Horseshoe Bay up the beck to Swallowdale when she observed that they were not using a great hauling resource which was Captain Flint's pockets.
In SD CH13:
"Well," said Nancy, "you're wasting Uncle Jim. You could
put lots of the other things in his pockets. He's got fine pockets,
really big ones."
Thanks, John, with this it looks like the direction of this thread has actually gotten back to Ransome after diverse wanderings a bit far afield, which have had their fascinating disclosures of place and culture.
Ed Kiser, South Florida