I bent my head to the vicar's roses.

"These Richardsons are very lovely," I said.

The vicar smiled.

"I think they have repaid a little trouble," he said modestly.

"Ah--could you possibly meet the 2.15 to-morrow?"

"You are expecting a parcel?"

"No--not exactly. Tommy, you know."

The vicar took a turn on the lawn. Then he came to a standstill in front

of me.

"I had planned a visit to Becklington," he said.

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