I ought to be able to do of my own choice what others do from necessity.

And if the worst comes to the worst, and I am compelled to give up my project, I can always get back to London in a few hours!" He was soon at Minehead, and found that quaint little watering-place fully astir; for so far as it could have a "season," that season was now on.

A considerable number of tourists were about, and coaches and brakes were getting ready in the streets for those who were inclined to undertake the twenty miles drive from Minehead to Lynton.

Seeing a baker's shop open he went in and asked the cheery-looking woman behind the counter if she would make him a cup of coffee, and let him have a saucer of milk for his little dog.

She consented willingly, and showed him a little inner room, where she spread a clean white cloth on the table and asked him to sit down.