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out a word. You see, the thing was, the horses had 

 been waiting for more than a week, and had not been 

 out of the stable all that time, and they were well fed 

 too ; so that when they came out at last, after stand- 

 ing so long, that particular one could not bear it, and 

 it killed him outright; if he had not been so long 

 without exercise it would not have hurt him. Look," 

 said he, as we reached a hill- top, " this is the place : 

 that is Reute you see down below, and just here the 

 man used to stand on the look-out. It is a good way 

 to the town, is it not ? well, he was down the hill in 

 a moment." And in a fair space of time we were 

 rumbling through the streets, up to the very post- 

 house where Waghorn, anxious, longing, and half dead 

 with fatigue, but not worn out he was too enthu- 

 siastic for that had dashed along on his way to 

 London, from India and the Desert. 



I went on to Ammergau, and there, to my great 

 delight, found my friends the Solachers. " Xavier is 

 here, and Lisl ; corne, I '11 show you where they are, 

 they will be so glad to see you !" said Nanny ; and off 

 I went with her, sure of a hearty welcome. 



On the road thence to Partenkirchen lies Ettal, 

 with a large handsome church, not quite complete. 

 The building was interrupted by the confiscation of 

 the monasteries. The monastery adjoining it is of 

 great size, and the whole together forms a handsome 

 square. Brewhouse, cellars, granaries, barns, stables, 

 cow-houses, all that pertained to an establishment of 

 this sort, was to be found here, with water in abund- 



