Chapter IV.

On arrival in the city it was arranged to leave again on the return journey at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the car salesman undertaking to pick Mrs. Gladbury up at the garage.

“An old dog for a hard road,” says the old maxim. Mrs. Gladbury, however, had neither the intention nor the inclination to emulate the eccentricities of the old dog.

Mrs. Gladbury was a sensible old lady, and she preferred to ride comfortably on a smooth line rather than be buffeted about on a hard, potholey road.

When the car salesman stepped into the “Tipemup” on the return journey, there was attached to the steering wheel a note, which read:

“I certainly shan't notice the potholes on the return journey. Am going back by train.”

Moral: Travel by rail and see the road beautiful.