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Chapter 46

           Thecomingtoatownpeoplebusyinthemarkets;lightcartsandchaisesroundthetavernyard;tradesmenstandingattheirdoors;menrunninghorsesupanddownthestreetforsale;pigsplungingandgruntinginthedirtydistance,gettingoffwithlongstringsattheirlegs,runningintocleanchemists’shopsandbeingdislodgedwithbroomsby‘prentices;thenightcoachchanginghorsesthepassengerscheerless,cold,ugly,anddiscontented,withthreemonths’growthofhairinonenightthecoachmanfreshasfromaband-box,andexquisitelybeautifulbycontrast:somuchbustle,somanythingsinmotion,suchavarietyofincidentswhenwasthereajourneywithsomanydelightsasthatjourneyinthewaggon!

           Sometimeswalkingforamileortwowhilehergrandfatherrodeinside,andsometimesevenprevailingupontheschoolmastertotakeherplaceandliedowntorest,Nelltravelledonveryhappilyuntiltheycametoalargetown,wherethewaggonstopped,andwheretheyspentanight.Theypassedalargechurch;andinthestreetswereanumberofoldhouses,builtofakindofearthorplaster,crossedandre-crossedinagreatmanydirectionswithblackbeams,whichgavethemaremarkableandveryancientlook.Thedoors,too,werearchedandlow,somewithoakenportalsandquaintbenches,wheretheformerinhabitantshadsatonsummerevenings.Thewindowswerelatticedinlittlediamondpanes,thatseemedtowinkandblinkuponthepassengersasiftheyweredimofsight.

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