Black and White Rings

Vello and David are on the train to Ferney.

How will you do it? asks David.

Do what? says Vello.

Get the people of Ferney to agree to replace a well known statue, says David.

A beloved iconic statue, says Vello.

If you say so, says David.

They love me, says Vello. If I wish to modernise my statue, they'll be all for it.

It may be too modern, says David, unfolding the plan.

They both regard it.

No, no, says Vello. Sweezus has left my face blank. Monsieur Lambert, who sculpted the original, can use the same face, but I shall insist on a contemporary hairstyle.

You should, says David. A curled wig on a man on a bicycle would look.....

Clownish, says Vello.

And you'd know, agrees David. Let's hope he does bicycles. There could be structural issues.

Don't try and put me off, says Vello.

The train rattles on.

A modern train?

Okay.

The train zooms towards Ferney.

......

Meanwhile Sweezus, Arthur and Pablo have left the hotel and headed for Gare Montparnasse to catch the train to Hendaye, and change there for San Sebastian.

It's not overly hot in San Sebastian.

There would be ructions, if Terence knew that.

......

Terence is complaining to Belle about the snakes he'll encounter in Weeper.

Snakes!

You'll like the snakes, says Belle. Gaius told me about them. They have black and white rings.

Terence takes in the new information.

Black and white rings.

Can I get new shorts? asks Terence.

There's not much time, says Belle. Why do you want them?

But Terence won't say. He just wants them.

Belle takes Terence on a quick shopping trip to the Monoprix.

There is sale on, in the enfants department. Forty percent off.

But no black and white ring shorts.