"Very well," I said. "Now I'm going to try. I haven't the faintest
hope of doing it, but you all seem to want to see an accident, and,
anyhow, I'm not going to be called a coward. One, two, three..."
"Well done," cried everybody.
"Did I do it?" I whispered, as I sat on the floor and pressed a
cushion against my shins.
"Rather!"
"Then," I said, massaging my ankles, "next time I shall try to
miss."