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Chapter 1. Fellow Travellers

           Thathetrusted(bythistimehehadsecuredtheeyesoftheChief,andaddressedhim)hemightbepermittedtoexpresshishopethatshewasnownonetheworse,andthatshewouldnotregrethavingmadethejourney.

           ‘Mydaughter,Iamobligedtoyou,sir,’returnedtheChief,‘isquiterestored,andhasbeengreatlyinterested.’

           ‘Newtomountains,perhaps?’saidtheinsinuatingtraveller.

           ‘Newto—ha—tomountains,’saidtheChief.

           ‘Butyouarefamiliarwiththem,sir?’theinsinuatingtravellerassumed.

           ‘Iam—hum—tolerablyfamiliar.Notoflateyears.Notoflateyears,’repliedtheChief,withaflourishofhishand.

           Theinsinuatingtraveller,acknowledgingtheflourishwithaninclinationofhishead,passedfromtheChieftothesecondyounglady,whohadnotyetbeenreferredtootherwisethanasoneoftheladiesinwhosebehalfhefeltsosensitiveaninterest.

           Hehopedshewasnotincommodedbythefatiguesoftheday.

           ‘Incommoded,certainly,’returnedtheyounglady,‘butnottired.’

           Theinsinuatingtravellercomplimentedheronthejusticeofthedistinction.Itwaswhathehadmeanttosay.Everyladymustdoubtlessbeincommodedbyhavingtodowiththatproverbiallyunaccommodatinganimal,themule.

           ‘Wehavehad,ofcourse,’saidtheyounglady,whowasratherreservedandhaughty,‘toleavethecarriagesandfourgonatMartigny.Andtheimpossibilityofbringinganythingthatonewantstothisinaccessibleplace,andthenecessityofleavingeverycomfortbehind,isnotconvenient.’

           ‘Asavageplaceindeed,’saidtheinsinuatingtraveller.

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