`` do n't forget , jacky , i was along on the santa magdalena expedition , and i was there when you were taken off that rock on the shore of burma , wearin ' nuthin ' but seaweed and a smile , to say nothing of the kidnapping of harry flashby in london , you again wearin ' only your pigtail and a pair of castanets , and then- '' `` all right , you , '' i say , gathering up my bottles and heading upstairs to my rooms , where i will place them in my medicine chest for safekeeping .