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CHAPTER VIII. 



AN INTERREGNUM. 



A Bad Prospect Sunday's Employment : its Conse- 

 quences Spring Gardens -The Great Chirurgeon 

 Irrelevant Conversation Convalescence A Flash Drags- 

 man Useless Application A Visit to the Infernal 

 Regions Lobster Salad Gratitude A Country Drive 

 Glance at Paradise Disappointment A Bold Stroke 

 for a Box. 



IT being then the depth of Winter, when 

 travelling is at its lowest ebb, there was 

 no immediate prospect of any new start, 

 and to wait for a vacancy in the old 

 established coaches was similar to waiting 

 for dead men's shoes. Consequently, my 

 situation was far from enviable. Reflec- 



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