The coastguardsman merely said, "Makes a tidy job!"
"Somehow Good"
William de Morgan
Then she, also inadvertently, perceived that the coastguardsman over the way had come out of his little box, and was similarly watching the vessel-through his telescope.
"The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols"
William Black
Then she walked quickly on till she came to that path, crossed, went back to the coastguardsman, and addressed him, with a roseate glow on her cheek.
"The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols"
William Black