this harbor will be a death-trap for any ship that comes in range , '' laurence said grimly to granby , as he washed the dust of the streets from his face and hands in the basin set on the wall , and ducked his head in the water for good measure , wringing his hair out with some savagery : soon he would resort to hacking off the ends with his sword , he thought , if he did not come to a barber ; it had always refused to grow long enough for a proper queue , only enough to be an irritation and drip endlessly when wet .