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Chapter 3. On the Road

           Thegreattravelling-carriagecamenext:containing,inside,MrDorrit,MissDorrit,MissAmyDorrit,andMrsGeneral;outside,someoftheretainers,and(infineweather)EdwardDorrit,Esquire,forwhomtheboxwasreserved.ThencamethechariotcontainingFrederickDorrit,Esquire,andanemptyplaceoccupiedbyEdwardDorrit,Esquire,inwetweather.Thencamethefourgonwiththerestoftheretainers,theheavybaggage,andasmuchasitcouldcarryofthemudanddustwhichtheothervehiclesleftbehind.

           TheseequipagesadornedtheyardofthehotelatMartigny,onthereturnofthefamilyfromtheirmountainexcursion.Othervehicleswerethere,muchcompanybeingontheroad,fromthepatchedItalianVettura—likethebodyofaswingfromanEnglishfairputuponawoodentrayonwheels,andhavinganotherwoodentraywithoutwheelsputatopofit—tothetrimEnglishcarriage.ButtherewasanotheradornmentofthehotelwhichMrDorrithadnotbargainedfor.Twostrangetravellersembellishedoneofhisrooms.

           TheInnkeeper,hatinhandintheyard,sworetothecourierthathewasblighted,thathewasdesolated,thathewasprofoundlyafflicted,thathewasthemostmiserableandunfortunateofbeasts,thathehadtheheadofawoodenpig.Heoughtnevertohavemadetheconcession,hesaid,buttheverygenteelladyhadsopassionatelyprayedhimfortheaccommodationofthatroomtodinein,onlyforalittlehalf-hour,thathehadbeenvanquished.

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