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Chapter 19

           Inthelargeinn-yardswaitersflittedtoandfroandranagainsteachother,horsesclatteredontheunevenstones,carriagestepsfellrattlingdown,andsickeningsmellsfrommanydinnerscameinaheavylukewarmbreathuponthesense.Inthesmallerpublic-houses,fiddleswithalltheirmightandmainweresqueakingoutthetunetostaggeringfeet;drunkenmen,obliviousoftheburdenoftheirsong,joinedinasenselesshowl,whichdrownedthetinklingofthefeeblebellandmadethemsavagefortheirdrink;vagabondgroupsassembledroundthedoorstoseethestrollerwomandance,andaddtheiruproartotheshrillflageoletanddeafeningdrum.

           Throughthisdeliriousscene,thechild,frightenedandrepelledbyallshesaw,ledonherbewilderedcharge,clingingclosetoherconductor,andtremblinglestinthepresssheshouldbeseparatedfromhimandlefttofindherwayalone.Quickeningtheirstepstogetclearofalltheroarandriot,theyatlengthpassedthroughthetownandmadefortherace-course,whichwasuponanopenheath,situatedonaneminence,afullmiledistantfromitsfurthestbounds.

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