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Chapter 2 Fellow Travellers

           

           PethadtotranslatethispassagetoMrMeagles,whoneverbyanyaccidentacquiredanyknowledgewhateverofthelanguageofanycountryintowhichhetravelled.‘Oh!’saidhe.‘Dearme!Butthat’sapity,isn’tit?’

           ‘ThatIamnotcredulous?’saidMissWade.

           ‘Notexactlythat.Putitanotherway.Thatyoucan’tbelieveiteasytoforgive.’

           ‘Myexperience,’shequietlyreturned,‘hasbeencorrectingmybeliefinmanyrespects,forsomeyears.Itisournaturalprogress,Ihaveheard.’

           ‘Well,well!Butit’snotnaturaltobearmalice,Ihope?’saidMrMeagles,cheerily.

           ‘IfIhadbeenshutupinanyplacetopineandsuffer,Ishouldalwayshatethatplaceandwishtoburnitdown,orrazeittotheground.Iknownomore.’

           ‘Strong,sir?’saidMrMeaglestotheFrenchman;itbeinganotherofhishabitstoaddressindividualsofallnationsinidiomaticEnglish,withaperfectconvictionthattheywereboundtounderstanditsomehow.‘Ratherforcibleinourfairfriend,you’llagreewithme,Ithink?’

           TheFrenchgentlemancourteouslyreplied,‘Plait-il?’TowhichMrMeaglesreturnedwithmuchsatisfaction,‘Youareright.Myopinion.’

           Thebreakfastbeginningby-and-bytolanguish,MrMeaglesmadethecompanyaspeech.Itwasshortenoughandsensibleenough,consideringthatitwasaspeechatall,andhearty.

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