girl, provides us with the largest eggs you've ever seen. It's so good of you to

stop. And you were probably in a hurry too."

 

"Oh, I'm not in a hurry at all," I said with a smile. "For the first time in

many a year, I'm able to take my time and I must say, it's rather an enjoyable

experience.

 

I'm just motoring for the pleasure of it, you see."

 

"Oh, that's nice, sir. And you're on your way to Salisbury, I expect."

 

"I am indeed. In fact, that's the cathedral we can see over there, isn't it? I'm

told it's a splendid building."

 

"Oh, it is, sir, it's very nice. Well, to tell you the truth, I hardly go into

Salisbury myself, so I couldn't really say what it's like at close quarters. But

I tell you, sir, day in day out we have a view of the steeple from here. Some

days, it's too misty and it's like it's vanished altogether. But you can see for

yourself, on a fine day like this, it's a nice sight. "

 

"Delightful."

 

"I'm so grateful you didn't run over our Nellie, sir. Three years ago a tortoise

of ours got killed like that and on just about this very spot. We were all very

upset over that."