Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]"Sir John is lost!" he said, "lost in the ice! His ship is crushed to match-sticks by this time, they're all frozen." She knew he was telling the truth, she'd seen the rescue ships returning, coming back into the harbor at night, their crews, frostbitten and demoralized limping off, hiding in the filthy bars and back alleys. No one would speak of Sir John Franklin -- not any of the ones who'd returned. No doubt they lost their courage before the ice got thick, turned around at the first narwal attack, the first snowball thrown by an Esquimaux child. No, Sir John was lost and she new it. But she smiled anyway. http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2010/trill-jim.jpg