This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 edition. Excerpt: ... 'It is rather soft weather, gentlemen !' said our other outside passenger, who sat behind us on the roof. He was a tall, bony, red-haired Scot, to the full as wet as myself; about once every hour he observed with much seriousness, and with the air of one who had made an unexpected discovery, to the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 edition. Excerpt: ... 'It is rather soft weather, gentlemen !' said our other outside passenger, who sat behind us on the roof. He was a tall, bony, red-haired Scot, to the full as wet as myself; about once every hour he observed with much seriousness, and with the air of one who had made an unexpected discovery, to the coachmen and myself, 'It is rather soft weather, gentlemen!' 'It is, indeed ', I answered. 'Soft and be 'exclaimed my friend on the right. A quarter of an hour after his first remark our solemn fellow-passenger from the north ventured upon a second, uttering it also as if it were a novelty. 'And it is not over-warm! Not a bit!' This was his whole stock of small talk. I recollect that we remained some time at Chester to take supper; and that the supper was nasty, and the inn dirty and disagreeable, and that there was much confusion, because the passengers by other coaches supped at the same time and in the same room. I, wet, mounted my wet seat again, sitting now by a rude companion, who was conspicuously a Welshman, and looked more like a shepherd than a coachman. We soon approached the mountains and the sea; and then, to solace my second night of travel, it began to rain in good earnest, and as if it liked it, and the heavier rain was rendered still more impressive by a squally wind. But it made little difference to me; I had been like a spout too long to mind it: that the water ran along a good deal faster under my clothes, did not seem to be any concern of mine! The guard told me, that we were to breakfast at Conway. This information comforted; it promised warmth and refreshment; the pleasing images and foretaste of warm tea, hot toast, and possibly of broiled meats, consoled me in passing through wind and rain, and the county of Flint....
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