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The Beginning of a Long Journey

           

           IwasblendingitwiththedeathbedofthelateMr.Barkis,andwasdrivingoutwiththetidetowardsthedistanceatwhichHamhadlookedsosingularlyinthemorning,whenIwasrecalledfrommywanderingsbyaknockatthedoor.Therewasaknockeruponthedoor,butitwasnotthatwhichmadethesound.Thetapwasfromahand,andlowdownuponthedoor,asifitweregivenbyachild.

           Itmademestartasmuchasifithadbeentheknockofafootmantoapersonofdistinction.Iopenedthedoor;andatfirstlookeddown,tomyamazement,onnothingbutagreatumbrellathatappearedtobewalkingaboutofitself.ButpresentlyIdiscoveredunderneathit,MissMowcher.

           Imightnothavebeenpreparedtogivethelittlecreatureaverykindreception,if,onherremovingtheumbrella,whichherutmosteffortswereunabletoshutup,shehadshownmethe‘volatile’expressionoffacewhichhadmadesogreatanimpressiononmeatourfirstandlastmeeting.Butherface,assheturnedituptomine,wassoearnest;andwhenIrelievedheroftheumbrella(whichwouldhavebeenaninconvenientonefortheIrishGiant),shewrungherlittlehandsinsuchanafflictedmanner;thatIratherinclinedtowardsher.

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