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to Paris, and all the arrangements of the journey are un- 

 der your direction." 



" Then," said John, " I shall decide to have dinner at the 

 public table, so that I can see the people." 



" All right," said Lawrence. 



" Only," continued John, " I do not know whether I can 

 wait so long. The dinner is not till six o'clock." 



" That's bad," said Lawrence. 



" Let's have something for luncheon !" exclaimed John, 

 his countenance suddenly brightening up as if a sudden 

 thought had struck him. 



"I think that is what I should do," said Lawrence, speak- 

 ing in a somewhat indifferent tone, as if the affair was no 

 concern of his. "I think, if I had charge of persons on the 

 passage from London to Paris, I should not expect to let 

 them go from nine o'clock till six without giving them 

 something to eat." 



" We'll have a nice luncheon," said John, speaking in an 

 exulting tone. "We will have it in an hour from this 

 time. I am going to study my second hour now, at once, 

 before I go out to see any thing ; then we will have lunch- 

 eon, and after that I am going out to take a nvalk and see 

 the town ; then, after dinner, I shall have time for another 

 half hour of study from half past seven to eight ; and if 

 you will give me a lecture of half an hour on board the 

 steamer while we are going across, I shall be all right." 



Lawrence seemed to approve of this plan at least so 

 John thought, and it was accordingly adopted. John went 

 into the reading-room and established himself at the pleas- 

 antest looking desk which he saw unoccupied, and prose- 

 cuted his work diligently for an hour, while Lawrence sat 

 in a very comfortable arm-chair near the great table, and 

 became apparently much interested in reading some of the 

 reviews. At the end of the hour they went together into 



