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over a solid repast, and to award proof 

 of their approbation to some deserving 

 member of the profession. The distance, 

 too, fifty-eight miles, was sufficient to 

 render the ride a pleasure without being 

 a toil; the company were mostly of the 

 middle and upper classes, and the place 

 itself afforded ample, rational, and pleasing 

 amusement. 



It was with considerable regret, then, to 

 me, as the autumn approached, I found 

 that a sort of compromise had taken place 

 between my employer and one of the 

 parties at Oxford the one I had so 

 great a dislike to ; and, to my great 

 annoyance, I was officially informed that 

 my heart-devouring friend was to work 

 the coach from Oxford to Henley, and 

 that, to confine my services to the London 

 proprietor, I should be required to drive 

 to Henley and back in the day. This 

 was a beneficial arrangement for me, 



