The Tale of Castle Cottage (2011)
The Tale of Castle Cottage
“Adcock’s death, he decided to drive the Rolls-Royce. But the engine didn’t want to go, and it took nearly fifteen minutes of cranking and tinkering and cranking again before he could reverse the automobile out of its place in his stable-cum-garage and invite the constable to jump in beside him. Meanwhile, Will Heelis had kicked his motorcycle into life and driven on ahead, proving once more (at least to Will’s satisfaction) that the motorcycle was a more efficient vehicle than an automobile.
Th...e captain’s sleek, teal-blue motorcar had attracted enormous attention when he purchased it a few years before. A few “forward-thinking” villagers had greeted it with enthusiasm, but most regarded the thing with fear and loathing. Those who drove plodding plow-horses hitched to farm wagons gloomily predicted that their animals would be stampeded off the roads by hordes of these monstrous machines, racketing along at speeds approaching an unimaginable twelve or thirteen miles an hour. Mothers worried that automobiles would spew out choking exhaust smoke, create clouds of dust, and frighten the village chickens and dogs and cats—not to mention the children.MoreLess
Th...e captain’s sleek, teal-blue motorcar had attracted enormous attention when he purchased it a few years before. A few “forward-thinking” villagers had greeted it with enthusiasm, but most regarded the thing with fear and loathing. Those who drove plodding plow-horses hitched to farm wagons gloomily predicted that their animals would be stampeded off the roads by hordes of these monstrous machines, racketing along at speeds approaching an unimaginable twelve or thirteen miles an hour. Mothers worried that automobiles would spew out choking exhaust smoke, create clouds of dust, and frighten the village chickens and dogs and cats—not to mention the children.MoreLess
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