A few were a bit worried at first. I think that's behind us now.

And yes, I understood Radhika's logic when she laid it out. It does seem like a waste of time we could spend elsewhere but in the long run, this one day might help us win more supporters than three or four Grim Truths could do.

Manual labour - well, any sort of occupation, really - helps in other ways, too.

I should have insisted that Nick and John not go.