" 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 , Why Shoot a Butler?