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Railway. Four or five trains were descend- 

 ing the track, one close behind the other, 

 and it became a matter of absorbing interest 

 to make them out through the small tele- 

 scope and a field glass. Why be at the 

 trouble to climb so high, at the cost of so 

 much wind, unless you do your best to take 

 in whatever is visible ? " Yes, I can see 

 one two three Oh, yes, there 's the 

 fourth, just leaving the summit." So the 

 talk ran on, with minor variations which 

 may easily be imagined. One important 

 question related to the name of a certain 

 small sheet of water ; another to a road that 

 curved invitingly over a grassy hilltop ; an- 

 other to the exact whereabouts of a rich 

 man's fine estate (questions about rich men 

 are always pertinent), the red roofs of which 

 could be found by searching for them. 



I took my full share of the discussion, 

 but half an hour of it sufficed, and I went 

 back again to commune with myself upon 

 the rocks. The sunshine was warm, but the 

 breeze tempered it till I found it good. 

 And the familiar scene was lovelier than 

 ever, I began to think. Here at my feet 



