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of Louis XVI. We were not a jolly party. It rained in torrents, and our little driver perched upon the box in front smoked the most infernal tobacco I ever smelt. Moreover, the horses were not lively steeds. They were rather safe than otherwise, and not given to running away. Although the driver addressed himself to their flanks, between each puff of smoke, with a pointed stick, they didn't rear and plunge so as to frighten the ladies, and that was a point gained, albeit we had leisure to count the pickets in the fences as we dragged toward our destination. One of our lady passengers came from Connecticut, and she talked with a nutmeg dialect that made her garrulity oftentimes quite spicy. We two sat back to back, and when the vehicle lurched heavily her chignon took me
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(if I may be permitted the expression) with a concussion that felt like the impact of a muffled ball from a six-pound field howitzer.
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Goodness gracious, dew git eout of the way and give me some room, man! she would exclaim as our wagon plunged into a three-foot
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My dear madam, you will perceive that I cannot 'git' any further without climbing upon the back of my companion in front. Lord knows I would have given a hundred francs to be out of her reach; but we had been all ticketed and labelled through under the same
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Ugh! she muttered, putting her handkerchief to her nose,
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But the imperturbable director of our flight took no heed, and drew away at his clay idol with unabated satisfaction. 'Twas thus we jogged on for five weary hours,
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