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Chapter 2 Fellow Travellers

           FatherandMotherMeaglessatwiththeirdaughterbetweenthem,thelastthreeononesideofthetable:ontheoppositesidesatMrClennam;atallFrenchgentlemanwithravenhairandbeard,ofaswartandterrible,nottosaygenteellydiabolicalaspect,butwhohadshownhimselfthemildestofmen;andahandsomeyoungEnglishwoman,travellingquitealone,whohadaproudobservantface,andhadeitherwithdrawnherselffromtherestorbeenavoidedbytherest—nobody,herselfexceptedperhaps,couldhavequitedecidedwhich.Therestofthepartywereoftheusualmaterials:travellersonbusiness,andtravellersforpleasure;officersfromIndiaonleave;merchantsintheGreekandTurkeytrades;aclericalEnglishhusbandinameekstrait-waistcoat,onaweddingtripwithhisyoungwife;amajesticEnglishmamaandpapa,ofthepatricianorder,withafamilyofthreegrowing-updaughters,whowerekeepingajournalfortheconfusionoftheirfellow-creatures;andadeafoldEnglishmother,toughintravel,withaverydecidedlygrown-updaughterindeed,whichdaughterwentsketchingabouttheuniverseintheexpectationofultimatelytoningherselfoffintothemarriedstate.

           ThereservedEnglishwomantookupMrMeaglesinhislastremark.

           ‘Doyoumeanthataprisonerforgiveshisprison?’saidshe,slowlyandwithemphasis.

           ‘Thatwasmyspeculation,MissWade.Idon’tpretendtoknowpositivelyhowaprisonermightfeel.Ineverwasonebefore.’

           ‘Mademoiselledoubts,’saidtheFrenchgentlemaninhisownlanguage,‘it’sbeingsoeasytoforgive?’

           ‘Ido.

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