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Greeted as "Lady Paulina Peeps" by a London magistrate trying her on a traffic charge, Lady Paulina Mary Louise Pepys, second daughter of the sixth Earl of Cottenham and a descendant of 17th century Diarist Samuel Pepys, shook lovers of English literature the world over with her reply. "Sorry," she snorted, "but it's 'Pepp-iss.' " Later, when admirers of her candid ancestor challenged her on the point, the 31-year-old London librarian insisted: "If he did call himself 'Peeps,' he was the first member of the family to do so and none...
Greek ships brought back good ideas from every Mediterranean port. The idea of the Griffon (600 B.C., see cut) came from Asia Minor. Egypt contributed to the cold, finely modeled formalism of Youth from Andros. But the linear energy of The Cottenham Relief, a horse and horseman, was closer to real life than anything the Egyptians produced (see cuts). To the Greeks, gods were fairly human, and human strength and grace were godly characteristics. At the roots their religion remained anthropocentric-man was the center of the universe and the measure of all things...
Having survived the Earl of Cottenham's cuff, the Phantom III carried him "stealing quietly uphill. . . . I found myself incoherently delighted like a child. . . . Attempting to avoid nothing, in fact, choosing if anything, the worst pieces of surface, I sailed down the middle of Bishop's Avenue hating the whole performance like poison, for I loathe so to treat a car . . . potholes a foot deep are everywhere. . . . Cars with orthodox springing, even of the best kind, shake the teeth in one's head as they pass over Bishop's Avenue. . . . Ghastly thuds sounded beneath...
Finally, according to Lord Cottenham. ''with the relentless surge of a hurricane, the big car went. It neither leapt, shot, howled nor roared, as other cars are not inaccurately described as doing according to their kind. It just moved forward very fast indeed. At about 50, I changed to third. At about 70, I changed to top. . . . Thereafter, I did 93. . . . These are speedometer speeds, but the speedometer is one that satisfies Messrs. Rolls-Royce. . . . Farther on . . . I spoke a word of warning to my passengers and did a quick pull-up from 80 with both hands...
...Books by Lord Cottenham: Motoring Without Fears, Sicilian Circuit, All Out, Motoring Today and Tomorrow and Steering Wheel Papers. †Its makers were originally the Morris Garages of Abingdon-on-Thames, are now incorporated...