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us to buy lace and many other articles. We 

 have no money, we say. Ah ! but he does 

 not want money from us, he has only to look 

 at us to see that he could trust us to pay, even 

 if we bought his whole shop, and so on, and so 

 on ; but we are not further drawn, so he shakes 

 hands heartily with us, and we hurry down to 

 the launch. 



" Haros was most anxious to take us for a week 

 or ten-day tour in Spain, making all sorts of 

 alluring promises ; but him, too, we left (though 

 my readers may note him as a good man) after 

 fervent hand- shaking, and, believing ourselves 

 to be the first of the passengers to return to the 

 launch, sat waiting for the others, but after five 

 minutes persuaded the men to run us out and re- 

 turn for them. Arrived on board, we found the 

 others already there, and we were within about ten 

 minutes of being left. By eleven o'clock a.m. the 

 Oceana was moving again, and this time at better 

 speed than heretofore. There is the splendid view 

 of the old rock as we pass, with the Victorious lying 

 closer in between us and the shore, and then away 

 we go on the Mediterranean, and I celebrate the 

 occasion by defeating Mr. Darling at shufile-board. 

 The day is bright and beautiful, and I feel kindly 

 disposed — even to a gentleman who asks me if 

 there is not a horse called Eocksands {sic) and 



