against you, so we won't argue it. Now, then, we want to be
going. Come along."

"Half a shake, sir," said Berry, feeling in his pockets."You know
that knife- "

The company began nervously to disperse. Some exhorted one
another to observe some feature of the cromlechs which was only
visible from some point of vantage on the side other to that on
which we stood. Others agreed that they had no idea that it was
so late, and the fat tradesman gave a forced shiver and announced
that he must have left his coat behind "that big one."

"I'll get it for you, sir," said Berry, opening his knife.

I was forced to admit that Stonehenge looked far more impressive
when apparently deserted, than with one or two tourists, however
genial and guileless, in a high holiday humour in the foreground.
At the same time, as we walked back to the car, I felt that I
owed it to myself to lodge a grave protest against the indecent
and involving methods my brother-in-law had seen fit to employ.

"After all," I concluded, "the fellow's your brother, and even
if his panama wasn't a real one, that's no reason why he should
be made to do the hundred in about twelve seconds. He wasn't in
strict training either. You could see that. Besides, why rope
me in? For yourself, if you must play the comic idiot- "

"He wasn't in the picture," said Berry."None of them were. That
kid's blazer absolutely killed the grass for miles around.