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"There are too many people there whom one knows. Why not that little French place in Soho, where we went so often when you were here in the summer? I love it, and I've never been there with any one but you. Sometimes I go by myself, when I am particularly lonely." "Very well, the sole's good there. How many street pianos there are about to-night! The fine weather must have thawed them out.
Pembury said he didn't think he should require any more "bits," but was awfully obliged by this one, which was first-rate, a recommendation which sent Simon away happy to his study, there immediately to compose the opening stanza of his famous epic, "The Sole's Allegery a sacred Poem." With one contribution in hand, Tony locked his door and sat down to write.
Nor could Simon understand why, for the next week, every one he met had his thumb in his mouth. It was very queer one of life's mysteries and he had thoughts of embodying the fact in his "Sole's Allegery," which was now rapidly approaching completion.
"The naked herring?" cried the jealous creature, "the naked herring?" Since that time the sole's mouth has been at one side for a punishment. 173 The Bittern and the Hoopoe "Where do you like best to feed your flocks?" said a man to an old cow-herd. "Here, sir, where the grass is neither too rich nor too poor, or else it is no use." "Why not?" asked the man.
"I hope you won't let me spoil your dinner, sir; I know that sole's fresh. I'm a pretty good judge of those things, and choose every bit of fish that's cooked in this house. But as I was saying, sir, with regard to this lady and gentleman, I think you said that the people you are looking for were strangers to this part of the country, and were occupying a farm-house that had been lent to them."
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