Floaters
“Then head for the Old Ford Lock. Stay off the towpath, take the streets.”
Roger didn’t hesitate, but turned and, leaping from the engine house, brought his hatchet down on the neck of a floater coming over the gunnel, spun and took out another’s knee. Dewey, with his staff held horizontally before him, rushed two more floaters to the bow and drove them into the water. With the windlass shoved through his wide belt and his crooked teeth bared in a grimace, Patsy swung his staff taking out the feet of a floater on the dock, then, using the gunnel as a springboard, leapt onto the platform and sprinted toward the lock mechanism. A born footballer, Patsy sidestepped and ducked his shoulders, elu
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