Chapter 54

           ItwasoneofthoseMarchdayswhenthesunshineshotandthewindblowscold:whenitissummerinthelight,andwinterintheshade.Wehadoutpea-coatswithus,andItookabag.OfallmyworldlypossessionsItooknomorethanthefewnecessariesthatfilledthebag.WhereImightgo,whatImightdo,orwhenImightreturn,werequestionsutterlyunknowntome;nordidIvexmymindwiththem,foritwaswhollysetonProvis’ssafety.Ionlywonderedforthepassingmoment,asIstoppedatthedoorandlookedback,underwhatalteredcircumstancesIshouldnextseethoserooms,ifever.

           WeloitereddowntotheTemplestairs,andstoodloiteringthere,asifwewerenotquitedecidedtogouponthewateratall.Ofcourse,Ihadtakencarethattheboatshouldbereadyandeverythinginorder.Afteralittleshowofindecision,whichtherewerenonetoseebutthetwoorthreeamphibiouscreaturesbelongingtoourTemplestairs,wewentonboardandcastoff;Herbertinthebow,Isteering.Itwasthenabouthigh-waterhalf-pasteight.

           Ourplanwasthis.Thetide,beginningtorundownatnine,andbeingwithusuntilthree,weintendedstilltocreeponafterithadturned,androwagainstituntildark.WeshouldthenbewellinthoselongreachesbelowGravesend,betweenKentandEssex,wheretheriverisbroadandsolitary,wherethewater-sideinhabitantsareveryfew,andwherelonepublic-housesarescatteredhereandthere,ofwhichwecouldchooseoneforaresting-place.There,wemeanttoliebyallnight.

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