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           Thecarrier’shorsewasthelaziesthorseintheworld,Ishouldhope,andshuffledalong,withhisheaddown,asifhelikedtokeeppeoplewaitingtowhomthepackagesweredirected.Ifancied,indeed,thathesometimeschuckledaudiblyoverthisreflection,butthecarriersaidhewasonlytroubledwithacough.Thecarrierhadawayofkeepinghisheaddown,likehishorse,andofdroopingsleepilyforwardashedrove,withoneofhisarmsoneachofhisknees.Isay‘drove’,butitstruckmethatthecartwouldhavegonetoYarmouthquiteaswellwithouthim,forthehorsedidallthat;andastoconversation,hehadnoideaofitbutwhistling.

           Peggottyhadabasketofrefreshmentsonherknee,whichwouldhavelastedusouthandsomely,ifwehadbeengoingtoLondonbythesameconveyance.Weateagooddeal,andsleptagooddeal.Peggottyalwayswenttosleepwithherchinuponthehandleofthebasket,herholdofwhichneverrelaxed;andIcouldnothavebelievedunlessIhadheardherdoit,thatonedefencelesswomancouldhavesnoredsomuch.

           Wemadesomanydeviationsupanddownlanes,andweresuchalongtimedeliveringabedsteadatapublic-house,andcallingatotherplaces,thatIwasquitetired,andveryglad,whenwesawYarmouth.Itlookedratherspongyandsoppy,Ithought,asIcarriedmyeyeoverthegreatdullwastethatlayacrosstheriver;andIcouldnothelpwondering,iftheworldwerereallyasroundasmygeographybooksaid,howanypartofitcametobesoflat.

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