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           TheseconsistedofafewmagnificentlyattiredgentlemenfromHoundsditch,whobroughttheirownprovisions,andcouldhaveboughthalfthegaypeopleinthegrandsaloon;afewhonestfellowswithmustachiosandportfolios,whosettosketchingbeforetheyhadbeenhalfanhouronboard;oneortwoFrenchfemmesdechambrewhobegantobedreadfullyillbythetimetheboathadpassedGreenwich;agroomortwowholoungedintheneighbourhoodofthehorse-boxesundertheircharge,orleanedoverthesidebythepaddle-wheels,andtalkedaboutwhowasgoodfortheLeger,andwhattheystoodtowinorlosefortheGoodwoodcup.

           Allthecouriers,whentheyhaddoneplungingabouttheshipandhadsettledtheirvariousmastersinthecabinsoronthedeck,congregatedtogetherandbegantochatterandsmoke;theHebrewgentlemenjoiningthemandlookingatthecarriages.TherewasSirJohn’sgreatcarriagethatwouldholdthirteenpeople;myLordMethuselah’scarriage,myLordBareacres’chariot,britzska,andfourgon,thatanybodymightpayforwholiked.ItwasawonderhowmyLordgotthereadymoneytopayfortheexpensesofthejourney.TheHebrewgentlemenknewhowhegotit.TheyknewwhatmoneyhisLordshiphadinhispocketatthatinstant,andwhatinteresthepaidforit,andwhogaveithim.Finallytherewasaveryneat,handsometravellingcarriage,aboutwhichthegentlemenspeculated.

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