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and-twenty years we drove together we 

 never had an angry word. 



He had complained to me how irksome 

 his time was at Ely indeed, he would 

 frequently ride on to Cambridge on pur- 

 pose to converse with me about it; and 

 one day he ventured to ask me if I 

 should like to drive double. Upon fur- 

 ther explanation, I found it was his wish 

 to drive from Lynn to Cambridge and 

 back in the day, and that our mutual 

 friend, the brewer, had referred him to 

 me, to learn whether I should like to 

 drive from London to Cambridge and 

 back. 



" You know, boy," said he, " there is 

 old Jack Thorogood drives from Norwich 

 to London that's 116 miles every day; 

 and there's old friend Bob Snow* drives 

 from London to Brighton and back in a 

 day." 



* This celebrated performer on the "Brighton Dart" 

 had heretofore driven the Lynn. 



