[First in the Field by George Manville Fenn]@TWC D-Link bookFirst in the Field CHAPTER TWENTY ONE 2/10
"Glad to see you here.
I want you to take a bit more hinterest in my garden.
See they taters: ain't they getting on? Look at my peas and beans too.
I calls they a sight, I do. Make some o' they gardeners in Old England skretch their wigs and wish they could grow things like 'em." "Beautiful, Sam; but--" "There's cauliflowers too, sir: ain't they splendid ?" "Couldn't be better, Sam; but--" "Try my peas, sir." _Pop_! "There's a pod.
Dozen fine uns, just as if they was a row o' green teeth laughing at you." "Deliciously tender, Sam; but--" "It's the sun, Master Nic; it's the sun," said the old man, who was too much wrapped up in his subject to heed the boy's remarks.
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