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           TherewerejauntyyoungCambridge-mentravellingwiththeirtutor,andgoingforareadingexcursiontoNonnenwerthorKonigswinter;therewereIrishgentlemen,withthemostdashingwhiskersandjewellery,talkingabouthorsesincessantly,andprodigiouslypolitetotheyoungladiesonboard,whom,onthecontrary,theCambridgeladsandtheirpale-facedtutoravoidedwithmaidencoyness;therewereoldPallMallloungersboundforEmsandWiesbadenandacourseofwaterstoclearoffthedinnersoftheseason,andalittlerouletteandtrente-et-quarantetokeeptheexcitementgoing;therewasoldMethuselah,whohadmarriedhisyoungwife,withCaptainPapillonoftheGuardsholdingherparasolandguide-books;therewasyoungMaywhowascarryingoffhisbrideonapleasuretour(Mrs.Winterthatwas,andwhohadbeenatschoolwithMay’sgrandmother);therewasSirJohnandmyLadywithadozenchildren,andcorrespondingnursemaids;andthegreatgrandeeBareacresfamilythatsatbythemselvesnearthewheel,staredateverybody,andspoketonoone.Theircarriages,emblazonedwithcoronetsandheapedwithshiningimperials,wereontheforedeck,lockedinwithadozenmoresuchvehicles:itwasdifficulttopassinandoutamongstthem;andthepoorinmatesofthefore-cabinhadscarcelyanyspaceforlocomotion.

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