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To proceed, we have your second idea, that this has some connection with the statue. Possible; but in that case who is the advertiser? Not Ricardi, for he knows your address; not the person who got the box, for he doesn't know your name. The vanman, I hear you suggest, in a lucid interval.
He might have got your name, and got it incorrectly, at the station; and he might have failed to get your address. I grant the vanman. But a question: Do you really wish to meet the vanman? 'Why should I not? asked Pitman.
It was true they had smashed a bust of Apollo and ploughed the wall into deep ruts; but, at least, they were no longer one of the public spectacles of London. "Well, sir," said the vanman, "I never see such a job." Gideon eloquently expressed his concurrence in this sentiment by pressing a couple of sovereigns in the man's hand.
'Well, and did he take it? cried the breathless Morris. 'Well, sir, returned Bill, 'it appears it was a packing-case he was after. The packing-case came; that's sure enough, because it was about the biggest packing-case ever I clapped eyes on. And this Pitman he seemed a good deal cut up, and he had the superintendent out, and they got hold of the vanman him as took the packing-case.
To proceed, we have your second idea, that this has some connection with the statue. Possible; but in that case who is the advertiser? Not Ricardi, for he knows your address; not the person who got the box, for he doesn't know your name. The vanman, I hear you suggest, in a lucid interval.
The vanman stood on the cart and slid the articles on to the shoulders of a girl, who staggered across the pavement under a load twice her size. It looked like an ant carrying a beetle. Five minutes later Chook stood at the door and rapped with his knuckles. "Any vegetables to-day, lydy?" he inquired, in his nasal, professional sing-song.
It was true they had smashed a bust of Apollo and ploughed the wall into deep ruts; but, at least, they were no longer one of the public spectacles of London. 'Well, sir, said the vanman, 'I never see such a job. Gideon eloquently expressed his concurrence in this sentiment by pressing a couple of sovereigns in the man's hand.
The cart stopped outside a small weatherboard cottage, and the vanman backed the wheels against the kerbstone, cracking his whip and swearing at the horse, which remained calm and obstinate, refusing to move except of its own accord. The noise brought the neighbours to their doors. And they stood with prying eyes, ready to judge the social standing of the newcomers from their furniture.
"It is not for us," the girl was saying. "I beg you to take it away; it couldn't get into the house, even if you managed to get it out of the van." "I shall leave it on the pavement, then, and M. Finsbury can arrange with the Vestry as he likes," said the vanman. "But I am not M. Finsbury," expostulated the girl. "It doesn't matter who you are," said the vanman.
He might have got your name, and got it incorrectly, at the station; and he might have failed to get your address. I grant the vanman. But a question: Do you really wish to meet the vanman?" "Why should I not?" asked Pitman.
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