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BKADSHAW THE BETRAYER. 43
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.+. " Oh Doricles ! Your Praises Are Too...
consulted Guide' from Mr . Bradshaw substrat , so of I soug y por ht tman out t the eau , ' Continental tamed to page Railway 185 ,
and read as follows : — " Abbeville on the river . — Somme A fortified twelve town miles , containing from the about beautiful 18 , 000 and inhabitants picturesqu , situated e town
, of St . Valery-sur-Sorame . " " The beautiful and icturesque town of St . Yalery-sur-Somme ! "
I repeated aloud . " Wh p y , 'tis the _very thing ! Blessed be the name of Bradshaw—I'll go this afternoon !
Waiter—kellner—gar-§ on "To ! What StYalery conveyances ? " repea are ted there the wai to t St er . Yalery regarding -sur- me Somrn with e ?" an air
of melanch . oly surprise . " Monsieur is going , to St . Yalery ?" I nodded impatiently .
" Monsieur has friends at St . Yalery ?" ~ " Friends ! not I . "
" Business , perhaps ?" " No—nor business either . I ' m going for pleasure—to see the
place The . waiter What shrugged does that concern his shoulders you , pray apologeticall ?" y .
is . " nothing Je vous to demande see at pardon St . Yalery _, M , _'sieur M'sieur . I . — Nothin I but g inquired whatever . . There But
M I ' sieur cast an the affectionat best judge e . " at the ' Continental [ Railway Guide , ' eye
page " Nothing 185 . to seeindeed ! " said I with quiet triumph . " There
are the beauties of nature , —there is a picturesque old town—there is isite sketching . Bah ! I should not wonder if I stayed there
till exqu the end of the month !" The waiter looked down incredulously , and the dismallest ghost evident that had
of a smile flitted across his countenance . It was he no " soul As Monsieur for the pic p tures leases que " ! said he submissively . " Monsieur was
, inquiring " " About the conveyances there ! is well ?" boat dailbthe river
That " Well goes , M at midday sieur , . There is a al passage so a cabriolet - de poste y , y _. That goes . at ten o ' clock morning . "
" And there every is nothing going this afternoon ?" " Nothing ; unless Monsieur chooses a voiture particuliere . We have Monsieur
an H excellent owever I travelling had no fanc carriage y for at a trip en grand 's disposal into seigneur the . " ' , so I decided
to wait till to-morrowand went out to inquire comparative merits of the passage- , boat and the cabriolet . There was something very refreshing in the idea of a water
journey I recalled . all my joyous boatings up the Medway and the Thames ;
Bkadshaw The Betrayer. 43
BKADSHAW THE BETRAYER . 43
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 1, 1858, page 43, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01031858/page/43/
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