Stamford’s

«The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes. Where do you think that I have been?»
«A fixture also.»
«On the contrary, I have been to Devonshire.»
«In spirit?»
«Exactly. My body has remained in this armchair, and has, I regret to observe, consumed in my absence two large pots of coffee and an incredible amount of tobacco. After you left I sent down to Stamford’s for the Ordnance map of this portion of the moor, and my spirit has hovered over it all day. I flatter myself that I could find my way about.»

HOUN Ch. III