Has everybody here heard of an earthquake? Do you know what it is like when it happens? Well, I once experienced it. Okay, I’ll tell you about my experience. Listen.
I was driving along the coast road when the car suddenly lurched to one side.
You know what happened? At first I thought a tire had gone flat but then I saw telegraph poles collapsing like matchsticks. It’s terrible, isn’t it? Next, guess what? The rocks came tumbling across the road and I had to get out of the car. When I got back to town, well as I said, there wasn’t much left. My God, that was a nightmare.
I was then carried bodily out ibto the fresh night air by two or three Indian waiters, one of
whom set aboput shocking some life back into mee byy flicking ice cold water in myy face.
However, he realized too that Fleet hel no seasoned
officers. They weren’t all bearded; but I can
think of some who were, such as the madcap ship’s
captain described earlier.