And besides, he had to go to Melbourne and get us ready for New Zealand.

I've not tried to pilot myself before, and it doesn't look easy." "Easy! You've selected the very most difficult piece of railroad in Australia for your experiment.

There are twelve miles of this road which no man without good executive ability can ever hope--tell me, have you good executive ability?
first-rate executive ability ?" "I--well, I think so, but----" "That settles it.

The tone of----oh, you wouldn't ever make it in the world.

However, that American will point you right, and you'll go.
You've got tickets ?" "Yes--round trip; all the way to Sydney." "Ah, there it is, you see! You are going in the 5 o'clock by Castlemaine--twelve miles--instead of the 7.15 by Ballarat--in order to save two hours of fooling along the road.