Chapter 14

           Wecaughtabreeze,afterlunch,whichtookusgentlyuppastWargraveandShiplake. Mellowedinthedrowsysunlightofasummer’safternoon,Wargrave,nestlingwheretheriverbends,makesasweetoldpictureasyoupassit,andonethatlingerslongupontheretinaofmemory. 

           The"GeorgeandDragon"atWargraveboastsasign,paintedontheonesidebyLeslie,R.A.,andontheotherbyHodgsonofthatilk. Lesliehasdepictedthefight;Hodgsonhasimaginedthescene,"AftertheFight"—George,theworkdone,enjoyinghispintofbeer. 

           Day,theauthorofSandfordandMerton,livedand—morecredittotheplacestill—waskilledatWargrave. InthechurchisamemorialtoMrs.SarahHill,whobequeathed1poundannually,tobedividedatEaster,betweentwoboysandtwogirlswho"haveneverbeenundutifultotheirparents;whohaveneverbeenknowntoswearortotelluntruths,tosteal,ortobreakwindows." Fancygivingupallthatforfiveshillingsayear! Itisnotworthit. 

           Itisrumouredinthetownthatonce,manyyearsago,aboyappearedwhoreallyneverhaddonethesethings—oratallevents,whichwasallthatwasrequiredorcouldbeexpected,hadneverbeenknowntodothem—andthuswonthecrownofglory. HewasexhibitedforthreeweeksafterwardsintheTownHall,underaglasscase. 

           Whathasbecomeofthemoneysincenooneknows. Theysayitisalwayshandedovertothenearestwax-worksshow.