with the only man who lived to tell the tale!”
The egotism of this speech was not wholly gratuitous. I thought it did seem strange to him: that a needless constraint was put upon him by excessive consideration for my feelings. I desired to set him at his ease as he had set me at mine. On the contrary, he seemed quite startled by my remark.
“It is strange,” he said, with a shudder, followed by the biggest sip of brandy-and-water
with the only man who lived to tell the tale!”
The egotism of this speech was not wholly gratuitous. I thought it did seem strange to him: that a needless constraint was put upon him by excessive consideration for my feelings. I desired to set him at his ease as he had set me at mine. On the contrary, he seemed quite startled by my remark.
“It is strange,” he said, with a shudder, followed by the biggest sip of brandy-and-water
