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I shall not speak of the noisy journey from the landing stage, through the excited and expectant little place, nor shall I refer to the esoteric jokes exchanged between ourselves; I also make no mention of a feast which became both wild and noisy, or of an extraordinary musical production in the execution of which, whether as soloists or as chorus, we all ultimately had to share, and which I, as musical adviser of our club, had not only had to rehearse, but was then forced to conduct. I SHALL NOT SPEAK OF THE NOISY JOURNEY FROM THE LANDING STAGE THROUGH THE EXCITED AND EXPECTANT LITTLE PLACE NOR SHALL I REFER TO THE ESOTERIC JOKES EXCHANGED BETWEEN OURSELVES I ALSO MAKE NO MENTION OF A FEAST WHICH BECAME BOTH WILD AND NOISY OR OF AN EXTRAORDINARY MUSICAL PRODUCTION IN THE EXECUTION OF WHICH WHETHER AS SOLOISTS OR AS CHORUS WE ALL ULTIMATELY HAD TO SHARE AND WHICH I AS THE MUSICAL ADVISER OF OUR CLUB HAD NOT ONLY HAD TO REHEARSE BUT WAS THEN FORCED TO CONDUCT
 organised a general holiday excursion to Rolandseck on the very day my friend and I had fixed upon, the object of the outing being to assemble all its members for the last time at the close of the half-year and to send them home with pleasant recollections of their last hours together. The day was a glorious one; the weather was of the kind which, in our climate at least, only falls to our lot in late summer: heaven and earth merged harmoniously with one another, and, glowing wondrously in the sunshine, autumn freshness blended with the blue expanse above. Arrayed in the bright fantastic garb in which, amid the gloomy fashions now reigning, students alone may indulge, we boarded a steamer which was gaily decorated in our honour, and hoisted our flag on its mast. From both banks of the river there came at intervals the sound of signal-guns, fired according to our orders, with the view of acquainting both our host in Rolandseck and the inhabitants in the neighbourhood with our approach. K OUR ASSOCIATION HAD ORGANIZED A GENERAL HOLIDAY EXCURSION TO ROLLINSECK ON THE VERY DAY MY FRIEND AND I HAD FIXED UPON THE OBJECT OF THE OUTING BEING TO ASSEMBLE ALL ITS MEMBERS FOR THE LAST TIME AT THE CLOSE OF THE HALF YEAR AND TO SEND THEM HOME WITH PLEASANT RECOLLECTIONS OF THEIR LAST HOURS TOGETHER THE DAY WAS A GLORIOUS ONE THE WEATHER WAS OF THE KIND WHICH IN OUR CLIMATE AT LEAST ONLY FALLS TO OUR LOT IN LATE SUMMER HEAVEN AND EARTH MERGED HARMONIOUSLY WITH ONE ANOTHER IN GLOWING WONDROUSLY IN THE SUNSHINE AUTUMN FRESHNESS BLENDED WITH THE BLUE EXPANSE ABOVE ARRAYED IN THE BRIGHT FANTASTIC GARB IN WHICH AMID THE GLOOMY FASHIONS NOW REIGNING STUDENTS ALONE MAY INDULGE WE BOARDED A STEAMER WHICH WAS GAILY DECORATED IN OUR HONOR AND HOISTED OUR FLAG ON ITS MAST FROM BOTH BANKS OF THE RIVER THERE CAME AT INTERVALS THE SOUND OF SIGNAL GUNS FIRED ACCORDING TO OUR ORDERS WITH THE VIEW OF ACQUAINTING BOTH OUR HOST AND ROLLINSEC AND THE INHABITANTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH OUR APPROACH
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