For God's sake, Oaklet, stop selling yerslf short. Not only does the dowry include seventeen cows and a Bedford Rascal, but also a highly decorative bicycle, slightly smoke damaged, and a bothy below sea level in the ague infested flood plain of the Humber. This is a man of some substance, if perhaps an inconsistent grasp on reality. I can tell you that Mrs Drinkall would very much like to get her cocoa there, three times every week.

Garforth