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Thusladen,hereturnedwithallspeed,andblushedforpleasureattheoldseaman’scommendationsofhistasteandjudgment,astogethertheyunpackedthebasketandlaidoutthecontentsonthegrassbytheroadside.
TheSeaRat,assoonashishungerwassomewhatassuaged,continuedthehistoryofhislatestvoyage,conductinghissimplehearerfromporttoportofSpain,landinghimatLisbon,Oporto,andBordeaux,introducinghimtothepleasantharboursofCornwallandDevon,andsouptheChanneltothatfinalquayside,where,landingafterwindslongcontrary,storm-drivenandweather-beaten,hehadcaughtthefirstmagicalhintsandheraldingsofanotherSpring,and,firedbythese,hadspedonalongtrampinland,hungryfortheexperimentoflifeonsomequietfarmstead,veryfarfromthewearybeatingofanysea.
Spellboundandquiveringwithexcitement,theWaterRatfollowedtheAdventurerleaguebyleague,overstormybays,throughcrowdedroadsteads,acrossharbourbarsonaracingtide,upwindingriversthathidtheirbusylittletownsroundasuddenturn;andlefthimwitharegretfulsighplantedathisdullinlandfarm,aboutwhichhedesiredtohearnothing.
