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." 



