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,livedandmorecredittotheplacestillwaskilledatWargrave. InthechurchisamemorialtoMrs.SarahHill,whobequeathed1poundannually,tobedividedatEaster,betweentwoboysandtwogirlswho"haveneverbeenundutifultotheirparents;whohaveneverbeenknowntoswearortotelluntruths,tosteal,ortobreakwindows." Fancygivingupallthatforfiveshillingsayear! Itisnotworthit. 

           Itisrumouredinthetownthatonce,manyyearsago,aboyappearedwhoreallyneverhaddonethesethingsoratallevents,whichwasallthatwasrequiredorcouldbeexpected,hadneverbeenknowntodothemandthuswonthecrownofglory. HewasexhibitedforthreeweeksafterwardsintheTownHall,underaglasscase. 

           Whathasbecomeofthemoneysincenooneknows. Theysayitisalwayshandedovertothenearestwax-worksshow. 

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