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"It's no good this way, Randall Many s bites I' it We'll come back I promise"

He laughed

"Okay Okay Let's just go for a walk back again toward Big Ben and enjoy the beautiful fall day," he suggested "I promise, I won't rush you We'll take little steps"

We left the museum

"When I' around in my own country or in places I'm used to," I said as we crossed the square, "my eyes can fall asleep, even while they're open, but here or soh It tires me out, Randall"

"Oh, I know I just get a little too enthusiastic sometimes Sorry," he said

"I don't blame you I suppose if our roles were switched and I had been here before and wanted to show it to someone who hadn't, I'd act the same way"

When we crossed a street, he tookti Ben Afterward, we crossed another street and just wandered down a smaller, narrower road untila pub called the Hearty Sailor

Randall checked his watch

"Well, what do you know It's time for tea," he said "Would m'lady like a bit of shepherd's pie and a pint of stout?"

"Stout? You mean beer?"

"Well, you have to be eighteen to be served here," he said, "and I won't be for three months"

"I'hteen," I said

"Really? Great Come on"

Above the door of the pub was a colorfulof beer Randall caught the direction of aze