, 1841-12-18

was called Frederick, and whose name was
moreover, Prevot, was by far the handsumrs
OF the two, and upon the whole a very good
looking man, though there was a certain
grave and anxious Look about his cuuntenance
which those who loved him-and lis friend
sister Mary was one OF those who love.
him most--calIed deeply interesting; whil.
those who did NOT love him pronounced il
10 be gloomy and sullen. SuIlen he wa,
not, for his was, in truth. Il very quick all,
inpetuous nature; but he had Il strong imapi
nation. and was by no means addicted /.
over bright hopes. After his friend had spn
ken, he remained silent inr Il minute or two
and then said-Weli, Willy, when will tn,
diligence arrive after allg
Not TILL this time tomorrow replied his
companion, laughing.
Nonsense, William Gore said Frederick
you do not mean To say that the wreiched
thing will take four-and-twenty hours to go
forty milesr
why, 1t stops ut Il little inn a mile or two
father replied William Gore, sfpr eight, hours
To sleep, as it is called. and YOU nav think
yourself very lucky if you do The rest of the
Journey IN sixteen hours mnrc.''
Frederick Prevot Iii ms lip, and said: Can
not we get chaise?'
Not III such u NIGH, rs this replied hi.
companion. Besides. there is none 10 b.
had here. H,wever. in consideration Of
your l"ver'ike anxiety. I'll tell YOU what we
will do. We will s'eep here This night;
have Il good BOTTLE Of Burgundy If it can he
procured; let our thin IS i"ll"w hy the dill
grnce; hire two horses, and in five hours we
shall be at home.
This vas all agreed to bv his companion.
alt ongh, tnSav the ruth. Frederick. If he had
had his own will. would have mounted a horse
rs soon rs he got to the i'm, and ridden On
al foil speed towards the end of his Journey.
BY this time it was he,ining Ia grow dusk.
so that he would have had a darksouue ride;
II was rIIninG as hard rs IT could pour. So
that he would have had a cold "n". AMI he
himself was already extremely tired; So that
every thing seemed Ia show that. though
contrary Ia his own inclination, lns STAY at
the inn would he for his benefit.
o. arriving al the place Of public recep-
ton we have described. the travellers made
known their purpose. both 10 The driver of
the diligence and 10 the landlord OF the inn.
The first of these two pers"na"es. as he in
tended 10 charge full price fnr the whole way.
cared very lille whether they went IN with
him or not. TIE landlord, on his part, VOW
ed that he could give the travellers ,he best
OF every thing: but that the gentlemen must
put up with Il large double bedird room. rs
every other room in the place was nrcnpi"d.
Frederick said, that he hoped rha, il WAS At
he hack. as they should he our of the way
nE oil tho n ,,ca ,,,1 J,c,,,In,o ,b,,b ,,,.
even then going on in the front. Thi- the
landlord declared was quite impossible; there
WAS but one room that they could have, AMI
that was in front. 1t was 4 capira! ron,
however, he said. large and ronmy: and they
were consequently obliged to make up their
minds to their fate.
As to the food set before them. the land
lord kept his word. The dinner was most
excellent. and though either Clare, or Bur-
gundv was an unknown commodity in the
place. We, mine host declared that he had
some Port of a very superior quality. some
Madeira whirhhad made more VOYAGES round
the world than Cork and Arson together.
and some brandy. which also had been ms
much improved by travelling as any peers
son in The realm.
. A cracking fire Of dry wood, cheerful
lights, though they were but tallow candles,
some excellent fish, some game, for it was
now autumn, with broileG fowl, and other
Accomplishments OF the sort. greatly cheered
the travellers; and although the landlord
could procure no wine except Port. which
proved of a very doubtful and unpleasant
chararter, and a portion Of which might well
he suspected Of growing upon English hedges.
rather than in Portuguese vineyards. he Of
fered To bring forth rum e such as they had
never tasted before. in their day.. That WAS
an age IN which punch VAS considered as
one of The most nrhnne and polished of I'LL
beverages; The travellers " iliir g'v agreed TO
te'ake themselves 10 the bowl. and the rum
produced by the landlord even exceeded his
promise in excellence, and made both the
travellers marvel at finding any thing $" OK
celIent in a country inn. They were deep
in their potaiions. when The landlord entered
with the coachman of the diligence. who,
knowing that the travellers did not intend
to go on with him, now appeared t" demand
his fare. Both put their hands in th' ir peck
cts, and William Gore speedily settled his
own part of the charge. frederick Prevo',
however, felt in his pockets in vain; he
drew out n number Of letters and papers.
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