![]() ![]() Baxter was a watch-maker and an amateur antiquary and archaeologist. ![]() Richards goes on to explain that Baxter made the binoculars which he lent to Fanshawe. On the way to the top of the hill, Richards points out the site of something which he calls "Baxter's Roman villa". ![]() He cuts his finger on one of the box's sharp edges while doing so. Fanshawe is able to open it by pushing its sides. They are also kept in a box which Richards cannot remember how to open. Richards says that he can but adds that the only binoculars he has are old-fashioned and heavy. Fanshawe says that he lent his binoculars to somebody who did not give them back and asks Richards if he can borrow some. They do, however, have many interests in common.Īs evening begins to fall on the day of Fanshawe's arrival, Richards suggests that they walk to the top of a hill from which they will be able to get a good view of the surrounding countryside. At the age of about sixty, Richards is an older man than Fanshawe and they have not known each other for very long. ![]() At the end of June, an academic named Fanshawe travels to the countryside in the south-west of England to spend his summer vacation at the home of his friend Squire Henry Richards. ![]()
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