The Little Nugget · I · Chapter 2 10 (2/2)

I had thought this argument tolerably sound when I had used it on the Nugget. Now that it was used on myself I realized its soundness even more thoroughly. My hands were tied.

“Yes,” said Sam, “tomorrow, after our little jaunt to London, we shall all resume the quiet, rural life once more.”

He beamed expansively upon me from the doorway.

“However, even the quiet, rural life has its interest. I guess we shan’t be dull!” he said.

I believed him.