7/47 His job is to go after it." "True for ye, boy. But if the old plan was so good, why not go down to the beach and get on with building operations of the same sort ?" "Arnold," said Peter, "you couldn't have put it better. That's exactly what I came here to do. I knew in London that the sea was receding to some extent, and I thought that there was a jolly good chance to get up with it again out here. But that leads straight to my second problem: I can't build on the old plan, and it doesn't seem any good. |