30/38 (See Note B.) When at last we said we thought Canterbury was very small considering, the lady said-- 'Well, it seemed a pity to come so far and not at least hear something about Canterbury.' And then at once we knew the worst, and Alice said-- 'What a horrid sell!' But Oswald, with immediate courteousness, said-- 'I don't care. You did it awfully well.' And he did not say, though he owns he thought of it-- 'I knew it all the time,' though it was a great temptation. Because really it was more than half true. He had felt from the first that this was too small for Canterbury. (See Note C.) The real name of the place was Hazelbridge, and not Canterbury at all. |