Recalled to Life
“It took forever.Dalziel, who liked to be able to step quickly away from both his cities and his underwear, said, 'You're not a spare-time taxi-driver, are you?''What?''Nowt. Just that you seem to be going all round the houses, which doesn't make sense unless you've got a meter running.''You know a better route, you take it,' retorted Stamper.'Don't get your knickers in a twist,' said Dalziel, ‘it's these bloody streets. And all these cars. Wasn't like this when I were a lad.''No?' Stamper laugh...ed. 'All ponies and traps then, I suppose.''You still saw horses pulling carts,' agreed Dalziel. 'Better for the roses, and better for the rest of us too, I reckon.''You say so? I'd not have put you down for the nostalgic type,' said Stamper.'You're a fine one to talk,' said Dalziel. 'That radio thing you did, it were fuller of nostalgia than an Old Boys' dinner.''That was what the producer wanted, I suppose,' said Stamper.'Sounded like you meant it to me.''Perhaps. I was looking back to a time when I was only eight, before I found out what a pain life really is.MoreLess
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