“When Flambeau took leave from his office in Westminster, he spent the month in a sailing boat, so small that it was most often used as a rowing boat. In addition, he preferred to relax in the counties of eastern England, where among the tiny rivers the boat seemed like a magic ship, gliding on land through meadows and fields. The boat could comfortably accommodate two people; there was room only for the most necessary things, and Flambeau took what he considered necessary in his own opinion...”