And this was how the first letter was sent off by the Swallow Mail: King Koko himself came one morning and, putting his large face in at the information window, asked:
"What is the fastest foreign mail delivery ever made by any post office anywhere in the world?"
"He put his large face in at the information window"
"The British post office is now boasting," said the Doctor, "that it can get a letter from London to Canada in fourteen days."
"All right," said the King. "Here's a letter to a friend of mine who runs a shoe-shine parlor in Alabama. Let me see how quickly you can get me an answer to it."
Now, the Doctor really had not got everything ready yet to work the foreign mails properly and he was about to explain to the King. But Speedy hopped up on the desk and whispered: