232 RAILROADS 



properly speaking, of my enjoyment, had set when I left 

 the London end, and I Avas existing as it were in the 

 twilight. Everybody, great and small, rich and poor, 

 was lauding the train, and seemed to be proudly anticipa- 

 ting the change from the slow old coach, as by comparison 

 it was, to the splendid rail. The shades of night gathered 

 fast around me, and presently the curtain dropped, and 

 extinguished my calling for ever. 



