And yet, where would we all be without unanimous resolutions?
Doyle will tell you that government couldn't be carried on and
civilisation would practically become extinct. It may be the same with
this idea of yours, and I've no doubt that I'll be able to judge if you
tell me what it is."
"He was thinking," said Doyle, "of having a picture of an apple tree in
the top left-hand corner of the address with apples on it, and the same
tree in the top right-hand corner with no apples. He says it would be
agreeable to the sergeant."
"I don't think much of that," said Meldon. "It strikes me as a poor
idea, for three reasons. In the first place, you'll not be able to get
an artist who can draw the apple trees so that any ordinary man could
recognise them. I know what I'm talking about, for apple trees
necessarily come a good deal into ecclesiastical art, the kind of art I'm
most familiar with. I give you my word that the most of them might as
well be elms, and I've seen lots that look like Florence Court yews. As
a general rule, you wouldn't have a ghost of a notion what they were
meant for if it wasn't for Eve and the serpent.
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