Booth liked to surround himself with admirers who clung to every word the great man said, and that was often a quote from Shakespeare, though he did d...eign to use a current author if he had appeared in one of the author's plays.As a result, we were never able to get close to Booth, but were reduced to following him around on the fringe of his entourage. This was OK at first, but it began to be a nuisance as the day wore on. And wear on it did. Booth was the most conceited bore that I had ever. I couldn't help him because I was still trying to get air. I got down to my knees beside him."Andy, Andy !!!" I started pushing him and trying to wake him up. "Andy get up.. Andy...Get...Up..." He opened his eyes and glanced to my side."I'm fine." He raised his head and his head fell down again. I teared up and got so angry. My eyes were on fire."You are going to pay for this" I growled through my tears and ran towards him. I was ready to kill him at that point. I couldn't see anyone else. My. ” I heard the other girls giggling and saw the boys smirking. Bowing my head I mumbled “Yes, sir.” “What was that?” Mr Carlo looked even more annoyed. “Yes, Sir,” I pronounced more clearly, looking him straight in the eyes. *** After the bell rang everyone rushed out of class as fast as possible, being a Friday afternoon. I sat at my desk, upset that Mr Carlo was annoyed at me. I wanted to get him alone, but not like this. “Cara.” I looked up. “Please shut the blinds so the other students don’t. . with difficulty ... but with the two of them it was easier. Not easy, but easier. They then had to tie down the intermediate reef points with the heavy boom banging around and the boat tossing about. Denise was heart in mouth as she watched. It seemed to take hours, but was really only about twenty minutes.Once they were back in the relative safety of the cockpit and back on course, with Serendipity creaming along on a broad reach, it was time to think about food. Denise volunteered to deal.
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