Posted by John Lambert on May 26, 2009 at 04:14:01 user John.
In Reply to: Re: Ransome's Foreign Legion. posted by Mike Field on May 26, 2009 at 23:36:28:
Well, the illustration confirms what I saw only in my mind's eye. Why would the Swallows want to soak their britches and risk being duffers?
I wonder how many Germans who bought the book noticed that gaffe (pun intended).