I was absurdly pleased, like a very apprentice cocksmith praised for the length of his stream, and to cover my embarrassment I turned the talk back to her problems.

Bony rocks jut up from the water, forming a haphazard, leapful path, a path that looks like a twisted spine, to the bluff on the other side.

the refitment of a ship

Rhodesli is the designation used by Rhodes Jews for themselves.