‘Ah,—­now I see you are laughing at me.  Is Cromer pretty?’

’Well, yes;—­I think it is.  I was there once, but I don’t remember much.  There’s Ramsgate.’

’Mrs Pipkin told me of Ramsgate.  I don’t think I should like Ramsgate.’

‘There’s the Isle of Wight.  The Isle of Wight is very pretty.’

’That’s the Queen’s place.  There would not be room for her and me too.’

’Or Lowestoft.  Lowestoft is not so far as Cromer, and there is a railway all the distance.’

‘And sea?’

’Sea enough for anything.  If you can’t see across it, and if there are waves, and wind enough to knock...