Whenever we were going to the seaside, tremendous cachet accrued to the first person to shout out, "I can see the sea!" But, as footmen, we never blurted it out for fear of upstaging one or other of the children.
Boreades
In: finity and beyond
Pete Jones wrote:
Who would let his footmen run ahead over the next hill in Darien?
To be consistent with other stereotypical plot devices, make sure all the footmen are wearing red tops. Then you know they are fully expendable. Like running ahead and being the first to be shot by the angry natives just over the next hill.