Mrs Pettigrew gave the egg.

It was a kindly housekeeper's friendly token.
I shall not tell you about the picnic on the river because the happiest times form but dull reading when they are written down.

I will merely state that it was prime.

Though happy, the day was uneventful.

The only thing exciting enough to write about was in one of the locks, where there was a snake--a viper.