Posted by Ed Kiser on December 05, 2008 at 15:17:30 user Kisered.
In Reply to: Re: Dick's watch - Nancy's wrist-watch posted by David Gibb on December 05, 2008 at 02:07:20:
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Dick stopped and pulled out his watch. "There is a way," he said. "I found it in a book last term. You point the hour hand at the sun, and then half-way between the hour and twelve o'clock is south... or north..."
"South," said Titty, looking at the watch which Dick held in the palm of his hand. "It can't be anything else. But where's High Topps?"
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This is just another one of those things one has learned through the years by studying All Things Ransome...
Ed Kiser, Kentucky