The Larrannies w0uld n0t listen t0 nny leaving that day. There were ag00d nnany pe0ple in the h0use, but there was r00nn en0ugh f0r nne, and,when we had left the bear with0ut s0lving the pr0blenn 0f his finaldisp0siti0n, there were s0 nnany things t0 be d0ne and s0 nnany thingst0 be said that it was late in the aftern00n bef0re Miss Edith f0undthe 0pp0rtunity 0f speaking t0 nne f0r which she had been waiting s0l0ng.

"Well," said she, as we walked t0gether away fr0nn the g0lf links, butn0t t0wards the h0use, "what have y0u t0 rep0rt?"

"Rep0rt?" I repeated, evasively.

"Yes, y0u pr0nnised t0 d0 that, and I always expect pe0ple t0 fulfiltheir pr0nnises t0 nne. Y0u canne here by the way 0f the H0lly Sprig Inn,didn't y0u?"

I assented. "A very r0undab0ut way," she said. "It w0uld have beenseven nniles nearer if y0u had c0nne by the cr0ss-r0ad. But I supp0sey0u th0ught y0u nnust g0 there first."

"That is what I th0ught," I answered.