A recurring tale of butlers and shooting parties, psychopathic wrestlers and timid boxers, diminutive painters on South Sea Islands, journeys across the steppes and into jungles, and the romance of daughters seeking husbands or evading marriage. All life is here. It's years since I had a plate of tripe, I may even have to pursue a pilgrimage to Salford and settle myself down to a meal in one of the town's famous 5-star tripe tapas restaurants before I open Volume 7.