A teratoma, but no pistols

[heather_mist]

"'Come, let me have your pistols.  I thought as much: what's this?'
'A teratoma,' said Stephen sulkily.
'What's a teratoma?' asked Jack, holding the object in his hand.  'A kind of grenado?'
'It is an inward wen, a tumour: we find them, occasionally, in the abdominal cavity.  sometimes they contain long black, hair, sometimes a set of teeth:  this has both hair and teeth.  It belonged to a Mr Elkins of the City, an eminent cheese-monger.  I prize it much.'
'By God,' cried Jack, thrusting it back into the holster and wiping his hand vehemently upon the horse,  'I do wish you would leave people's bellies alone.  So you have no pistols at all, I collect?'
'If you wish to be so absolute, no I have not.' "

Post Captain, Chapter Three

Comments

[esteven]

Oh, thank you. This scene is a must. I guess I'd react like Jack, but it is always the last line that cracks me up
If you wish to be so absolute, no I have not.

*snorts and gets ready for work*

[feroxargentea]

"A teratoma. I prize it much."

Stephen's prizes are much more prizeworthy than Jack's *nods*

(I love Stephen's sulkiness at being forced to confess!)