Comber wasn’t buried the next day, because one of the slaves died during the night, and when the watch found him at dawn they naturally heaved the body overside to the sharks. For some reason this sent Spring into a passion; he wasn’t having a white man buried at sea the same day as a black had been slung over, which seemed to be stretching it a bit, but lots of the older hands agreed with him. It beats me; when I go they can plant me with the whole population of Timbuctoo…
Flash For Freedom!, p.104, Pan edition, 8th printing, 1980.
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