"'Midsummer madness'!" "The chief point is," continued Buck, doggedly, "that the only part that is really in question is one dirty little street--Pump Street--a street with nothing in it but a public-house and a penny toy-shop, and that sort of thing.

All the respectable people of Notting Hill have accepted our compensation.

But the ineffable Wayne sticks out over Pump Street.

Says he's Provost of Notting Hill.

He's only Provost of Pump Street." "A good thought," replied Auberon.