Beggars on horseback; a riding tour in North Wales . them ata stride. The bounteous grave stillness of theWelsh highways and mountain-fields was oursno more ; that roomy calm, whose incidents werea multiplication of peace, must intrench itselfin memory behind the dingy preoccupation ofcatching a train at Chester, the crush of ugly,self-centred people, the blase porters, the impor-tunities of little boys with cups of strong tea. The climax of a variety of shocks to the ruralmood was reached at Holyhead with the dis-covery that our luggage, sent from Bettwys bygoods train, was not awaiting us. W
Beggars on horseback; a riding tour in North Wales . them ata stride. The bounteous grave stillness of theWelsh highways and mountain-fields was oursno more ; that roomy calm, whose incidents werea multiplication of peace, must intrench itselfin memory behind the dingy preoccupation ofcatching a train at Chester, the crush of ugly,self-centred people, the blase porters, the impor-tunities of little boys with cups of strong tea. The climax of a variety of shocks to the ruralmood was reached at Holyhead with the dis-covery that our luggage, sent from Bettwys bygoods train, was not awaiting us. Whether or notto start without it was a matter of poignant uncer-tainty, even of frenzy, up to the moment whenthe gangway of the Kingstown boat was hauledin ; while the officials did not conceal their amuse-ment, and the porter of the Station Hotel waitedimmovable, in his red coat, foreknowing the end. 186 BEGGARS ON HORSEBACK. ^^^3 ^-^. V ^ -^ We stayed, and the Kingstown boat movedout on an oily sea into a murky west, and therain began to fall. Z.
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