@PeterReavill@jpwarchaeology Jim has just despatched Hands. Pretty gruesome, but his mind was elsewhere.
It's a very unsatisfactory book altogether in many ways, but persists as some sort of a rite (shite?) of passage for a boy.
@PeterReavill@jpwarchaeology Reading Treasure Island with 8 at the moment. I'd forgotten how much nautical jibber jabber there is! With each passing night it's becoming clearer that he's only humouring us.