.

But why?
'Ow ?" She turned on 'Dolph, scolding, commanding him to be quiet; and 'Dolph subsided on his haunches and watched her, his stump tail jerking to and fro beneath him like an unweighted pendulum.

There was a label attached to the straw bands.

She turned it over and read: _James Gavel, Proprietor, Imperial Steam Roundabouts, Henley-in-Arden.

Deliver Immediately_.