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The oldest inhabitant of Claybury sat beneath the sign of the / "Cauliflower" and gazed with affectionate, but dim, old eyes in the / direction of the village street.
"No; Claybury men ain't never been much of ones for emigrating," he / said, turning to the youthful traveller who was resting in the shade / with a mug of ale and a cigarette. "They know they'd 'ave to go a long / way afore they'd find a place as 'ud come up to this."