THE exetp:r road 



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however as regards stones and coachmen, the next 

 thing Mirabel remarks is that they seem to be going 

 very fast ; but here also he is hopelessly out of his 



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Giving^ them a Start 



bearings. " Fast ! " says the proprietor. " We never 

 go fast over this stage. We have time allowed in con- 

 sequence of being subject to interruptions, and we 

 make it up over the low ground. Notwithstanding 



