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Chapter 1. Fellow Travellers

           Itconsistedofanelderlylady,twogrey-hairedgentlemen,twoyoungladies,andtheirbrother.Thesewereattended(nottomentionfourguides),byacourier,twofootmen,andtwowaiting-maids:whichstrongbodyofinconveniencewasaccommodatedelsewhereunderthesameroof.Thepartythathadovertakenthem,andfollowedintheirtrain,consistedofonlythreemembers:oneladyandtwogentlemen.Thethirdparty,whichhadascendedfromthevalleyontheItaliansideofthePass,andhadarrivedfirst,werefourinnumber:aplethoric,hungry,andsilentGermantutorinspectacles,onatourwiththreeyoungmen,hispupils,allplethoric,hungry,andsilent,andallinspectacles.

           Thesethreegroupssatroundthefireeyeingeachotherdrily,andwaitingforsupper.Onlyoneamongthem,oneofthegentlemenbelongingtothepartyofthree,madeadvancestowardsconversation.ThrowingouthislinesfortheChiefoftheimportanttribe,whileaddressinghimselftohisowncompanions,heremarked,inatoneofvoicewhichincludedallthecompanyiftheychosetobeincluded,thatithadbeenalongday,andthathefeltfortheladies.Thathefearedoneoftheyoungladieswasnotastrongoraccustomedtraveller,andhadbeenover-fatiguedtwoorthreehoursago.Thathehadobserved,fromhisstationintherear,thatshesathermuleasifshewereexhausted.Thathehad,twiceorthriceafterwards,donehimselfthehonourofinquiringofoneoftheguides,whenhefellbehind,howtheladydid.Thathehadbeenenchantedtolearnthatshehadrecoveredherspirits,andthatithadbeenbutapassingdiscomfort.

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