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“Which was the best I could do, sir, seeing as the motorboat was no use and I'd got to get across the creek somehow. I won't repeat what that Peabody said, because it doesn't bear repeating, but..." "I said," interrupted a voice with relish, "I said I 'adn't been 'ired to row an 'ippo across the creek, and no more I 'ad.” — Georgette Heyer
Which was the best I could do, sir, seeing as the motorboat was no use and I'd got to get across the creek somehow. I won't repeat what that Peabody said, because it doesn't bear repeating, but..."
"I said," interrupted a voice with relish, "I said I 'adn't been 'ired to row an 'ippo across the creek, and no more I 'ad.