sixty-eight's

Updated: May 8, 2025

"Why when I first come to these here gardens five-and-forty years ago, I'd ha' gone up there like a squirrel, Mr Ellis, sir; but these here fine new-fangled gardeners can't do as we did." "Better go up now," said Barnett. "Nay, nay, my lad, sixty-eight's a bit too ripe for climbing trees, eh, Master Ellis?" "Yes, of course," said the bailiff. "Come, get it done."

George Manville Fenn - A Life's Eclipse