Augustus Carp, Esq., by Himself: Being the Autobiography of a Really Good Man
CHAPTER XII
Breakfast finds us calm but grave. My 144 mother is allowed to accompany us to church. My father’s clothing and general demeanour. Remarks of Simeon Whey on my father’s hat. First impressions of the new lectern. Unmistakable evidences of guilt. The vicar’s feeble apologia. A devilish device and its disastrous results. I race with Corkran for half-a-crown. My poor father is three times dropped