It is a holiday for us, and we may as well go there as anywhere else." The explanation was simple enough for the peasant, and Terence continued chatting with him until they landed.
"You do not need to go through Avranches," the latter said.

"Take the road by the coast through Granville to Coutances." "How far is it to Coutances ?" "About twenty miles.

At least, so I have heard, for I have never been there." After walking a few miles, they went down on to the seashore and lay down among some rocks until evening.

At eight o'clock they started again and walked boldly through Granville, where their sailor's dress would, they felt sure, attract no attention.

It was about nine o'clock when they entered the place.