We hope our American and Canadian listeners had an agreeable Labor Day/Labour Day, as the case may be. Public holiday or not, Tales for Our Time never sleeps. Thank you for all your kind comments on this latest audio adventure. Wayne Carmichael, a First Hour Founding Member of The Mark Steyn Club, is finding that time flies with our Tales:
The music starts. My mind says, 'No! No! That couldn't possibly have been sixteen minutes!' It happens every time Mark Steyn reads.
Thank you, Wayne. We try to keep things lively.
And, on that cheery note, welcome back to my audio serialisation of G K Chesterton's The Flying Inn, set in an England where the elites make common cause with Islam to stick it to the masses. In tonight's episode Lord Ivywood determines to scuttle his enemies through parliamentary maneuvering:
He turned his head and said, "Please tell Hicks to bring round the long blue car in half an hour; it can be fitted up for a sofa. And ask the gardener to cut a pole of about four feet nine inches, and put a cross-piece for a crutch. I'm going up to London tonight."
Mr. Leveson's lower jaw literally fell with astonishment.
"The Doctor said three weeks," he said. "If I may ask it, where are you going?"
"St. Stephens, Westminster," answered Ivywood.
"Surely," said Mr. Leveson, "I could take a message."
"You could take a message," assented Ivywood, "I'm afraid they would not allow you to make a speech."
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And do join me tomorrow for the nineteenth episode of The Flying Inn.
