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Title: The Argosy
Year: 1865 (1860s)
Authors: Wood, Henry, Mrs., 1814-1887 Wood, Charles W. (Charles William), b. 1850?
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Publisher: London (etc.) R. Bentley (etc.)
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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We came through the City, for a wonder,without obstruction. You must have noticed that on these occasionsthe chief thoroughfare is generally up ; or your horse goes down ; ortwo omnibuses have collided in front of you, and you are forcedinto an extra round of two miles to get out of their way and getback into your own. At any rate, alls well that ends well, laughed Mauleverer. Ifthese clouds will only clear and blue skies smile upon us, our happi-ness will be complete. The longest lane has a turning, and it cannotrain for ever. We were going down Channel, through the Bay, and down theMediterranean for the sake of the sea voyage and its bracingproperties. Mauleverer, who leads a lazy life and does nothing butkill time with pleasure from January to December, knows nothing of On Board the Batavia. 49 those mysterious words * nervous exhaustion, mental depression,and the long catalogue of evils which follow in their train. I,on the contrary, had reached a point when my best friends looked
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m>o solemn, and like all best friends, enlivened me by suggestions ota speedy dissolution, whilst my more facetious acquaintances re-commended me an excellent undertaker and invited themselves tomy funeral. VOL. XLVII. E 50 On Board the ^ Batavia^ There were other friends who declared that it was madness to godown the Mediterranean at that time of the year for bracing purposes.The heat would be intense and enervating. But having had nosummer in England, we felt that any amount of heat in theMediterranean would be an agreeable change after our wintrysummer. Thus it happened that in spite of clouds and rain, in spite of fiftyadverse opinions, in spite of the porter at the Metropole, we foundourselves steaming towards the Albert Dock, where the Batavia waslying in wait for her passengers. Before long the train drew up and discharged her freight in everystage and condition of ulsters, waterproofs and hand-baggage.The ladies, of course, as usual looked frights with poke-hats andpeaked-h

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