Teddy nodded. “It’s a lucky thing he was wearing a loincloth,” he said, dumbfounding all three ladies. Emmie felt her cheeks turn hot, while Mina went off in a coughing fit. As for Pinky, she was quite frozen in horror. “It says here,” Teddy continued, quite oblivious to their reaction, “that an earthquake caused the Colossus to snap off at the knees, whereupon it fell into the sea. Don’t you think that’s rather too bad?”
