Since your departure I have twice visited the oak, with an intention of
pushing my inquiries a mile beyond it, where it seems I should have
found another oak, much larger, and much more respectable than the
former; but once I was hindered by the rain, and once by the sultriness
of the day. This latter oak has been known by the name of “Judith” many
ages, and is said to have been an oak at the time of the Conquest. If I
have not an opportunity to reach it before your arrival here, we will
attempt that exploit together, and even if I should have been able to
visit it ere you come, I shall yet be glad to do so, for the pleasure of
extraordinary sights, like all other pleasures, is doubled by the
participation of a friend.