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Were you thinking of going , Mrs. Ridding ? '' `` After our nap , '' said Mrs. Ridding , steadily eating . `` I 'll take you . Car at four o'clock , Albert . '' She did n't raise her eyes from her plate , and as Miss Heap well knew that Mrs. Ridding was not open to conversation during meals and as she had nothing to say to Mr. Ridding , she expressed her thanks and pleasure , and temporarily left them . This was a day of shocks and thrills . When the big limousine -- symbol of Mrs. Ridding 's power , for Mr. Ridding could n't for the life of him see why he should have to provide a strange old lady with cars , and yet did so on an increasing scale of splendour -- arrived at the turn on the main road to San Blas which leads into Pepper Lane and was confronted by the final signpost pointing up it , for the first time The Open Arms and the Twist and Twinkler party entered Miss Heap 's mind in company .