The Road to London or the Countryman and the Quakers A countryman asks directions from a pair of Quakers. They are standing by a sign post which points to London. The countryman, a bundle over his shoulder asks: "This beant the way to Lunnen Gemmen - be it?" The two Quakers, both dressed in long dark coats, buckled shoes and black broad-brimmed hats, look disapprovingly and one replies: "Verily I do not understand thy meaning. Thou first tellest us a Lye, and then thou asketh us a question!" 22 Apr 1812