. Thackerayana;. consequence. Heknows that he is to have a dirty bed, and what he is to expectthere. He pops out the candle. He sinks into those dingysheets. He delivers over his body to the nightly tormentors, hepays an exorbitant bill, and he writes down, Lion Noir, bad,dirty, dear. 1 Spoorweg.—Vast green flats, speckled by spotted cows, andbound by a grey frontier of windmills ; shining canals stretchingthrough the green ; odours like those exhaled fromthe Thames in the dog-days, and a fine pervadingsmell of cheese; little trim houses, with tall roofs,and great windows of many panes; gazebo


. Thackerayana;. consequence. Heknows that he is to have a dirty bed, and what he is to expectthere. He pops out the candle. He sinks into those dingysheets. He delivers over his body to the nightly tormentors, hepays an exorbitant bill, and he writes down, Lion Noir, bad,dirty, dear. 1 Spoorweg.—Vast green flats, speckled by spotted cows, andbound by a grey frontier of windmills ; shining canals stretchingthrough the green ; odours like those exhaled fromthe Thames in the dog-days, and a fine pervadingsmell of cheese; little trim houses, with tall roofs,and great windows of many panes; gazebos orsummer-houses, hanging over pea-green canals;kind-looking, dumpling-faced farmers women,with laced caps and golden frontlets and earrings;about the houses and towns which we pass a greatair of comfort and neatness; a queer feeling ofOff to Market wonder that you cant understand what your fellow-passengers are saying, the tone of whose voices and a certain com-fortable dowdiness of dress are so like our


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