CONVERSATION WITH MR. KIPLING 347 



and if I must say it, there are not many like ourselves. I should 

 think, in a mere village, we might have met." "A mere vil- 

 lage? Explain yourself." And then suddenly receiving a ray of 

 light, "Where is this Tisbury and Chilmark of yours?" she 

 asked. "England, of course. Where did you suppose?" 

 "Oh, I thought you had been at Martha's Vineyard," she an- 

 swered. " Our farm there is partly in the town of Tisbury and 

 partly in Chilmark." "That's interesting," said Kipling. 

 "Some one from my part of the world must have given the old 

 names to those new places. I should very much like to see them." 

 "Then come for a visit." "It will give me pleasure." 



