It will seem strange that we boys never met, but in those days Gloucestershire was as far removed, in travelling time, from Suffolk, as New York is today.

• 让人觉得不可思议的是我们两个男孩子从来没见过面，不过那时从萨福克郡到格罗斯特郡所需的时间，和今天从萨福克到纽约的时间一样多。