"Anything is better than this infernal walk over this _pave_ always.

Let's hop in." They stopped the man, who asked where to drive to.
"Let's go to the Bretagne first and get a drink," said Pennell.
"Right," said Peter--"any old thing.

Hotel de la Bretagne," he called to the driver.
They set off at some sort of a pace, and Pennell leaned back with a laugh.

"It's a funny old world, Graham," he said.

"One does get fed-up at times.