VIII

Blackmailing⁠—The proper course to pursue⁠—Selfish boorishness of riverside landowner⁠—“Notice” boards⁠—Unchristianlike feelings of Harris⁠—How Harris sings a comic song⁠—A high-class party⁠—Shameful conduct of two abandoned young men⁠—Some useless information⁠—George buys a banjo.

We stopped under the willows by Kempton Park, and lunched. It is a pretty little spot there: a pleasant grass plateau, running along by the water’s edge, and overhung by willows. We had just commenced the third course⁠—the bread and jam⁠—when a gentleman in shirtsleeves and a short pipe came along, and wanted to know if we knew that we were trespassing. We said we hadn’t given the matter sufficient consideration as yet to enable us to arrive at a definite conclusion on that point, but that, if he assured us on his word as a gentleman that we were trespassing, we would, without further hesitation, believe it.

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