Leonard and Dick immediately proceeded to carve their initials, "L.

W." and "R.

P.", in the old red sandstone; but Paul desisted, because he had read in the newspaper satirical remarks about initial-carvers, who could find no other road to immortality.

Then all the lads climbed to the top of the rock to look round.
Everywhere in the field below, factory girls and lads were eating lunch or sporting about.

Beyond was the garden of an old manor.