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many a stop or slow up on that up-and-down 

 road, so I say it, and stick to it, that when 

 he came on our level road he must ha' made 

 up for it by going at least forty miles an 

 hour ! Can any o' you gents contradict that ? 

 I wait for a reply. No answer ; well, then, 

 I say again it was the Duke's own fault, an' 

 if he'd bin a poor man he'd a' bin fined ; 

 that's my opinion. I'm gettin' out at this 

 station, an' if any or all o' you'll come along 

 down to my house, my missis '11 give you as 

 good a cup o J tea as ever you had in your 

 lives, and all the et ceteras." And off he 

 went. 



To come back from this digression. " Now," 

 said I to myself, " you have found the rest and 

 quiet you were dreaming of, what are you going 

 to do with them ? " 



I have already discovered that the air of this 

 place is pure and bracing. The church, which 

 is still higher up, commands lovely views all 

 round it. The churchyard contains two grand 

 old yew-trees which might have provided bows 

 for Robin Hood. One of them is just 25 feet 

 in circumference at a height of about 5 feet 

 from the ground, and the other looks as big. 



