Scragger

Paldoon, the Scragger ranch, or station as it was called in Australia, was the only property they had managed to save from the crash.

Noble House Clavell, James 1981

Paldoon, the Scragger ranch, or station as it was called in Australia, was the only property they had managed to save from the crash.

Noble House Clavell, James 1981

Scragger nodded to Wu Kwok and stepped aside; “Thankee, Tai-Pan.”

Tai-Pan Clavell, James 1966

Struan checked the priming of his pistol and motioned Scragger down the gangway.

Tai-Pan Clavell, James 1966

Before the meeting with Scragger he had never heard of Wu Kwok — of Wu Fang Choi, the father, of course, but not the son.

Tai-Pan Clavell, James 1966

Struan suddenly remembered Scragger and what he had said about Wu Kwok: that Wu Kwok could be ambushed easily at Quemoy on Midsummer Night.

Tai-Pan Clavell, James 1966

Scragger jerked a thumb toward the boats and the boy left obediently.

Tai-Pan Clavell, James 1966

Struan took out a sheaf of papers and handed one to Scragger.

Tai-Pan Clavell, James 1966

But Scragger chopped off the queue and cuffed the hysterical boy hard enough to bring him out of shock, but no harder.

Tai-Pan Clavell, James 1966

Scragger rolled away just in time, and the cutlass fractured as it smashed into the deck.

Tai-Pan Clavell, James 1966