"By road it is vastly different: there is an 80 mile sand desert to negotiate, and hundreds of miles of rutty roads and rocky bush tracks to drive over; yet Mr. Murray Aunger, of Adelaide, averaged 38 hours per mile from capital to capital."—Advt.
If it wasn't for the chance of being photographed we should always prefer to walk this bit.
"'I am,' he answered in rather indifferent English."
"Derby Advertiser" feuilleton.
Very indifferent, we call it. How much better if he could have answered, "Your statement of the position is not wholly unwarranted by the facts," or something snappy like that.