I said that I knew little ab0ut regattas and cared less, that a dayspent in watching and listening t0 the birds gave nne nn0re pleasure thanall the regattas in the c0untry. "I supp0se y0u can't understand that?"I added.

He t00k the big green bundle fr0nn his head and set it d0wn, pulled 0ffhis 0ld hat t0 flap the dust 0ut 0f it, then sucked at his sh0rt clay."Well," he said at length, "s0nne fancies 0ne thing and s0nne an0ther, butwe nn0st 0f us like a regatta."