He said it, THE PRIDE OF THE THAMES, had been in use, just as it now stood (or rather as it now hung together), for the last forty years, to his knowledge, and nobody had complained of it before, and he did not see why we should be the first to begin.
L’«Orgoglio del Tamigi» era in esercizio, appunto come si trovava in quel momento, e a quanto ne sapeva lui, da più di quarant’anni, e nessuno se n’era lagnato mai, e non capiva perchè dovessimo cominciar noi.