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this gentleman change for his note he is 

 going on with you." 



" Certainly, sir," he said, calling me 

 by name, and touching his hat for old 

 Tom and I were always on the best of 

 terms. 



At hearing my name, my late companion 

 appeared confounded. Getting on the 

 wheel, he gave me the five shillings, and 

 began muttering an apology, saying he was 

 not at all aware of who he was riding 

 with, or he should not so have committed 

 himself. I told him that there was no 

 necessity for any apology, or even of with- 

 drawing anything he had said, for I had 

 been very much amused with his conversa- 

 tion ; and after recommending him to be 

 more particular in future as to the correct- 

 ness of the information he appeared so 

 pleased to impart, I advised him to be 

 careful also how he spoke in strange 

 company of persons he knew so little 



YOL. n. o 



