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41 " In our language,” he said, “Alf means squid poop. "
― Dave Barry , Peter and the Starcatchers (Peter and the Starcatchers, #1)
42 " And so the box leaked. In fact, it’s been leaking since it was back in Scotland; apparently some of it got on a lizard or snake, which transformed into some sort of strange gigantic creature, which managed to escape into Loch Ness. I certainly hope that’s the last we hear of that. "
43 " and he held her, then, and she held him, just for a moment, the last moment they would ever have when they were both the same age. "
44 " You’re mine, Wasp, "
45 " Can we move this conversation along, old chap? I’m getting frightfully tired of "
46 " Nobody understands how hard it is, being captain. "
47 " He had dark, deepset, piercingly black eyes, overshadowed by eyebrows so bushy that he had to brush them away to see through the glass. But his most prominent feature was the thick growth of hair on his upper lip, long and black, lovingly maintained, measuring nearly a foot between its waxed and pointed tips. It was this feature that gave him his name, the most feared name on the sea: Black Stache. "
48 " Exactly,” said Slank. "
49 " bigger of the two. He had a nose wart the size and shape of a small mushroom. "
50 " They had good reason. Cyrus Pembridge was easily the worst captain in British nautical history. He had never bothered to learn even the basics of seamanship, choosing instead to occupy his time consuming vast quantities of rum. "
51 " For all the peril they faced, Leonard and Scott retained their British calm, sounding like two gentlemen discussing the weather. "
― Ridley Pearson , Peter and the Starcatchers (Peter and the Starcatchers, #1)