Except that now—
This viaduct of dreams, this bridge of darkest nightmares
In his ragged overalls, on feet clad in a pair of worn, badly scuffed shoes with crepe rubber soles, Garrison set about making the crossing? He must have caught it from the overseer's whip not so long ago.'
'Mebbe you're right, sir.'
Hornblower was repressing his impatience and was about to make another speech when he heard a rasping thump alongside and a moment later the gig's crew was pouring over the bulwarks.