Stevenson's Inland voyage, and Travels with a donkey . ves, that I 10became aware of my bereavement. I had lost to that moment I had thought I hated her; but nowshe was gone, And, O,The difference to me! 15 For twelve days we had been fast companions; we hadtraveled upwards of a hundred and twenty miles, crossedseveral respectable ridges, and jogged along wTith oursix legs by many a rocky and many a boggy the first day, although sometimes I was hurt and 20distant in manner, I still kept my patience; and as for her,poor soul! she had come to regard me as a god. Shelov
Stevenson's Inland voyage, and Travels with a donkey . ves, that I 10became aware of my bereavement. I had lost to that moment I had thought I hated her; but nowshe was gone, And, O,The difference to me! 15 For twelve days we had been fast companions; we hadtraveled upwards of a hundred and twenty miles, crossedseveral respectable ridges, and jogged along wTith oursix legs by many a rocky and many a boggy the first day, although sometimes I was hurt and 20distant in manner, I still kept my patience; and as for her,poor soul! she had come to regard me as a god. Sheloved to eat out of my hand. She was~ patient, elegantin form, the color of an ideal mouse, and inimitablysmall. Her faults were those of her race and sex; her 25virtues were her own. Farewell, and if for ever— Father Adam wept when he sold her to me; after I hadsold her in my turn, I was tempted to follow his example;and being alone with a stage-driver and four or fiveagreeable young men, I did not hesitate to yield to my 30emotion. NOTES AND COMMENT. NOTES AND COMMENT (Heavy numerals refer to page; light ones to line.) AN INLAND VOYAGE The editor is under many obligations to previous editions of An InlandVoyage and Travels with a Donkey, especially to Professor W. L. Crossand Professor Allan Abbott. 5. Sir Walter Grindlay Simpson, Bart. (Baronet). It wasnatural that Stevenson should dedicate this volume to the com-panion of his voyage. The two had become friends as studentsat the University of Edinburgh, and had been companions oncanoe, yachting, and walking voyages for several years preced-ing this trip. Simpson was the son of Sir James Simpson, whoin the words of Stevenson gave chloroform to the the part played by Simpson and other friends in Stevensonsearly life see the Introduction. Stevenson left two sketches ofhis friend; one may be found in Balfours Life of Stevenson,Vol. I, pages 106-107, and the other in the character of Athel-red in Talks and Talkers in Mem
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