It was at a cross-roads, so as to be able to give drinks to as many people as possible.
We hid the awning and poles behind the hedge and went home to brekker.
After break we got the big zinc bath they wash clothes in, and after filling it with clean water we just had to empty it again because it was too heavy to lift.

So we carried it vacant to the trysting-spot and left H.O.and Noel to guard it while we went and fetched separate pails of water; very heavy work, and no one who wasn't really benevolent would have bothered about it for an instant.

Oswald alone carried three pails.
So did Dicky and the Dentist.

Then we rolled down some empty barrels and stood up three of them by the roadside, and put planks on them.
This made a very first-class table, and we covered it with the best tablecloth we could find in the linen cupboard.

We brought out several glasses and some teacups--not the best ones, Oswald was firm about that--and the kettle and spirit-lamp and the tea-pot, in case any weary tramp-woman fancied a cup of tea instead of Eiffel Tower.