Once more into the shops!

'Oh you can barely tell,' said Norma.

'It's a great big patch!' replied Captain Bill.

'You're just assuming that's from Annie's little accident,' continued Norma 'they might have had woodworm.'

'WOODWORM!' said Captain Bill, 'Woodworm! ...Woodelephants with a good run up couldn't have caused that sort of damage.'

'Well they've obviously repaired it all,' chipped in Bertha 'so I really don't see what all the fuss is about.'

'The fuss,' replied Captain Bill 'is because whenever we visit here it always goes spectacularly wrong.'

'Well it won't this time,' said Norma 'Bertha and I will keep a close eye on Annie annnnnnnnddddddd should we become momentarily distracted by hats I've asked Horace to come with us, so he can take over.'

'And you think that will help?' asked Captain Bill.

'Possibly,' replied Norma.

'So that just leaves you with Cyril,' added Bertha.

'Right,' replied Captain Bill and he looked over towards Cyril who was just having a rummage through a very large box marked 'Disguises'.

'You couldn't spare Horace I suppose?' he asked.

But Norma and Bertha said they couldn't.