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At such times the drive became really quite exciting, and all our weariness was forgotten. AT SUCH TIMES THE DRIVE BECAME REALLY QUITE EXCITING AND ALL OUR WEARINESS WAS FORGOTTEN
eakfast for a quarter-past three sharp. (I had no idea there were such times in the morning!) We were fortunate enough to find our land-lord, a worthy farmer, waiting for us with a tumble-down conveyance, in appearance something between a circus-chariot and a bath-chair, drawn by a couple of powerful-looking horses; and in this, after a spirited skirmish between our driver and a mob of twenty or so tourists, who pretended to mistake the affair for an omnibus, and who would have clambered into it and swamped it, we drove away. Higher and higher we climbed, and grander and grander towered the frowning moon-bathed mountains round us, and chillier and chillier grew the air. For most of the way we crawled along, the horses tugging us from side to side of the steep road; but, wherever our coachman could vary the monotony of the pace by a stretch-gallop--as, for instance, down the precipitous descents that occasionally followed upon some extra long and toilsome ascent--he thoughtfully did so. T TWO THIRTY AND ORDERING BREAKFAST FOR A QUARTER PAST THREE SHARP I HAD NO IDEA THERE WERE SUCH TIMES IN THE MORNING WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO FIND OUR LANDLORD A WORTHY FARMER WAITING FOR US WITH A TUMBLE DOWN CONVEYANCE IN APPEARANCE SOMETHING BETWEEN A CIRCUS CHARIOT AND A BATH CHAIR DRAWN BY A COUPLE OF POWERFUL LOOKING HORSES AND IN THIS AFTER A SPIRITED SKIRMISH BETWEEN OUR DRIVER AND A MOB OF TWENTY OR SO TOURISTS WHO PRETENDED TO MISTAKE THE AFFAIR FOR AN OMNIBUS AND WHO WOULD HAVE CLAMBERED INTO IT AND SWAMPED IT WE DROVE AWAY HIGHER AND HIGHER WE CLIMBED AND GRANDER AND GRANDER TOWERED THE FROWNING MOON BATHED MOUNTAINS ROUND US AND CHILIER AND CHILIER GREW THE AIR FOR MOST OF THE WAY WE CRAWLED ALONG THE HORSES TUGGING US FROM SIDE TO SIDE OF THE STEEP ROAD BUT WHEREVER OUR COACHMAN COULD VARY THE MONOTONY OF THE PACE BY A STRETCH GALLOP AS FOR INSTANCE DOWN THE PRECIPITOUS DESCENTS THAT OCCASIONALLY FOLLOWED UPON SOME EXTRA LONG AND TOILSOME ASCENT HE THOUGHTFULLY DID SO
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