Young Nat Penderby

"And now for something completely other," exclaimed Gnaeus Corbulo, hitting Jacques squarely on the foot.

"Never have so many characters spouted so much nonsense in so few pages in such gibber written by such insane authors," added Lord Such.

"Let's see some Vedic flying," said young Nat Penderby to his aunty Phyllis. "Do pipe down," she replied; "I'm trying to knit a new leather tea cosy in purple." But young Nat was tired of such dismissive answers. He had had enough of his uninterested, not to say uninteresting aunt Phyllis. He was also somewhat miffed always to be labelled as young Nat, especially considering that he was 72.

Hence, he determined to take drastic action, to seek his fortune, and escape from his dreary life to the picturesque village of Nether Vetwainshalmete.