"My head was protected by my hat. My hat was protected by nothing at all, and became entangled with a gorse-bush. My dignity...well, that succumbed to exposure ages ago and does not figure in the story."
He watches the hugging with benign good cheer, and reaches out to ruffle everyone's hair.
no subject
He watches the hugging with benign good cheer, and reaches out to ruffle everyone's hair.