"Can we help?" said Nicola, seeing a splendidly unlikely vision of herself galloping to and fro on Buster cracking a stock-whip while the lowing herd raised clouds of dust under the prairie sun. But Rowan thanked her politely and indicated that Shep and Rouser might be expected to manage quite nicely without Nicola's help: even—possibly—a little better.
The twins artistic integrity
And this part: "Splendidly unlikely" Brilliant!
"Can we help?" said Nicola, seeing a splendidly unlikely vision of herself galloping to and fro on Buster cracking a stock-whip while the lowing herd raised clouds of dust under the prairie sun. But Rowan thanked her politely and indicated that Shep and Rouser might be expected to manage quite nicely without Nicola's help: even—possibly—a little better.