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           LadyHelenainvitedthehorsemenofthepartytopayheravisitinturns,asherreception-roomwasbutsmall,andinpleasantconversewiththisamiablewomantheyforgotthefatigueoftheirday’sride.

           LadyHelena,secondedbyMissMary,didthehonorsoftheirambulatoryhousewithperfectgrace.JohnMangleswasnotforgotteninthesedailyinvitations,andhissomewhatseriousconversationwasnotunpleasing.

           Thepartycrossed,inadiagonaldirection,themail-coachroadfromCrowlandtoHorsham,whichwasaverydustyone,andlittleusedbypedestrians.

           ThespursofsomelowhillswereskirtedattheboundaryofTalbotCounty,andintheeveningthetravelersreachedapointaboutthreemilesfromMaryborough.Thefinerainwasfalling,which,inanyothercountry,wouldhavesoakedtheground;butheretheairabsorbedthemoisturesowonderfullythatthecampdidnotsufferintheleast.

           Nextday,the29thofDecember,themarchwasdelayedsomewhatbyasuccessionoflittlehills,resemblingaminiatureSwitzerland.Itwasaconstantrepetitionofupanddownhill,andmanyajoltbesides,allofwhichwerescarcelypleasant.Thetravelerswalkedpartoftheway,andthoughtitnohardship.

           Ateleveno’clocktheyarrivedatCarisbrook,ratheranimportantmunicipality.Ayrtonwasforpassingoutsidethetownwithoutgoingthroughit,inorder,hesaid,tosavetime.Glenarvanconcurredwithhim,butPaganel,alwayseagerfornovelties,wasforvisitingCarisbrook.Theygavehimhisway,andthewagonwentonslowly.

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