Posted by Dave Thewlis on December 11, 2012 at 15:19:21 user dthewlis.
In Reply to: Re: Swallows and Amazons: when? posted by Andy Clayton on December 11, 2012 at 07:37:46:
It is also interesting that in Swallows and Amazons when they first sight the Amazons, Ransome makes a point of telling us what they wear - which isn't school uniforms: "Both had red knitted caps, brown shirts, blue knickerbockers, and no stockings."
That is just about the only time we're told what anyone is wearing except for the business about Roger, and when someone has rain gear on.
Perhaps Ransome is assuming his readers will in turn assume school uniforms unless he specifies differently - quite different from his detail regarding meals.