Wheels of Chance, a Bicycling Idyll by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
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"Oh, I'LL inquire," said Phipps. "Willingly. I suppose you and Widgery will just hang about--" He saw an expression of pain on Mrs. Milton's gentle face, and stopped abruptly. "No," said Dangle, "we shan't HANG ABOUT, as you put it. There are two places in Chichester where tourists might go--the cathedral and a remarkably fine museum. I shall go to the cathedral and make an inquiry or so, while Widgery--" "The museum. Very well. And after that there's a little thing or two I've thought of myself," said Widgery. To begin with they took Mrs. Milton in a kind of procession to the Red Hotel and established her there with some tea. "You are so kind to me," she said. "All of you." They signified that it was nothing, and dispersed to their inquiries. By six they returned, their zeal a little damped, without news. Widgery came back with Dangle. Phipps was the last to return. "You're quite sure," said Widgery, that there isn't any flaw in that inference of yours?" "Quite," said Dangle, rather shortly. "Of course," said Widgery, "their starting from Midhurst on the Chichester road doesn't absolutely bind them not to change their minds." |
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