Trapp.

Gone Driving." "If folks," said he, "ha'n't the foresight to get swept afore Midsummer, I don't humour 'em." "Are--are you really going for a drive, sir ?" I stammered.
"To be sure I am.

I drive every day in the summer.

What do you suppose ?" "It won't be a chaise and pair, sir ?" I hazarded, though even this would not have surprised me.
"Not to-day.

Lord knows what we may come to, but to-day 'tis mackerel and whiting; later on, pilchards." He took me down to the quay; and there, sure enough, we stepped on board a boat lying ready, with two men in her, who fended off and began to hoist sails at once.