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Chapter 2 Fellow Travellers

           Therewasthenamightyproductionofpapersonthepartofthecockedhats,andacallingoverofnames,andgreatworkofsigning,sealing,stamping,inking,andsanding,withexceedinglyblurred,gritty,andundecipherableresults.Finally,everythingwasdoneaccordingtorule,andthetravellerswereatlibertytodepartwhithersoevertheywould.

           Theymadelittleaccountofstareandglare,inthenewpleasureofrecoveringtheirfreedom,butflittedacrosstheharbouringayboats,andreassembledatagreathotel,whencethesunwasexcludedbyclosedlattices,andwherebarepavedfloors,loftyceilings,andresoundingcorridorstemperedtheintenseheat.There,agreattableinagreatroomwassoonprofuselycoveredwithasuperbrepast;andthequarantinequartersbecamebareindeed,rememberedamongdaintydishes,southernfruits,cooledwines,flowersfromGenoa,snowfromthemountaintops,andallthecoloursoftherainbowflashinginthemirrors.

           ‘ButIbearthosemonotonouswallsnoill-willnow,’saidMrMeagles.‘Onealwaysbeginstoforgiveaplaceassoonasit’sleftbehind;Idaresayaprisonerbeginstorelenttowardshisprison,afterheisletout.’

           Theywereaboutthirtyincompany,andalltalking;butnecessarilyingroups.

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