2 STRANGE CONDUCT. 



pike road upon which I was now driving, I 

 must state that my first journey to London 

 was attended with rather an inauspicious 

 event. I did not know a yard of the road 

 the first two stages before the day I took 

 possession of the box of the Lynn coach ; 

 but had no difficulty in finding my way, 

 as, with the exception of diverging from 

 the Royston road, rather more than four 

 miles from Cambridge, I could not possibly 

 make a mistake ; and in taking the right 

 road, the horses themselves I knew would 

 be a sufficient guide. Arrived at the Inn 

 which my predecessor had used, I pulled 

 up, and he informed me that he should 

 resume his seat in a day or two, but gave 

 no reason for his strange conduct, and for 

 his not saying anything to his employers. 

 This, of course, did not tend to put me on 

 very good terms with myself. 



After changing for the last time at Wal- 

 tham Cross, and it coming on dark, I for- 

 got, if I had ever known, the double 



