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CHAP. XYIIL 



" Oh, sons of France, so true, so brave, 

 Why are your laws so low ? — 

 They let the grasp of rascal, knave, 

 Assault — but fine the blow. 

 A villain hand on knightly breast, 

 Medal or locket in the vest : 

 The heart within is surely rotten. 

 If Nature's laws are then forgotten ! " 



Berkeley, 



No sooner had the omnibus contractor sent his car- 

 riage away, which he did with a very disconcerted 

 look, as he saw that all his share in the gains of the 

 contemplated imposition was lost to him, than the 

 carriage we had sent for arrived, with the messenger 

 on the box, to whom I immediately gave the promised 

 franc. Owing to this conspiracy to extort money, 

 and these vexatious delays, the time in which to ob- 

 tain my passport was very much straitened; so 

 with all possible haste we proceeded to load the fly. 

 Having in courtesy motioned my young companion in 

 before me, I was about to follow with my two terriers, 

 when I heard the noise of wheels rattle up and halt 

 close to us. Not thinking that such sounds could 

 have any concern with me, I did not even look 



