sprey-by-the-sea

Updated: May 15, 2025

"You'm grown out of all knowledge," Nicholls declared, "but I mind you now. So you've been in London all these years?" "I've been in London," Tavernake admitted, "and I think, of the two, that Sprey-by-the-Sea is the better place." "Sprey is well enough," the boat-builder confessed, "well enough for a man who isn't set on change." "Change," Tavernake asserted, grimly, "is an overrated joy.

E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim - The Tempting of Tavernake