You see it wouldn't do for me, who might one day get a coastguard appointment, to try on any smuggling.
"The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols"
William Black
And in the coastguard houses you would have a very comfortable home, and a garden to look after; and your husband might get promotion.
"The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols"
William Black
It contained nothing less than an offer of marriage addressed to Sal by a sailor in one of Her Majesty's ironclads, who said that he was tired of the sea, and that, if Sal would give up her wandering life, so would he, and he would retire into the coastguard.
"The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols"
William Black