. Vernon's aunt : being the oriental experiences of Miss Lavinia Moffat . redtie and patent leather boots and a very dirty 12 VERNONS A UNT shirt collar and a quantity of black curls, whosmoked seven cigars as long as knitting-needles one after the other in my immediatevicinity the whole time this body of waterwas in view. He seemed very muchwrapped up in himself, and when I touchedhim on the arm — I was obliged to—and said, Non fiuiiarc—sil vous plaU — I object totobacco, he merely looked at me absent-mindedly and shook his head. There isnothing like the kind of tobacco smoked insecond-class
. Vernon's aunt : being the oriental experiences of Miss Lavinia Moffat . redtie and patent leather boots and a very dirty 12 VERNONS A UNT shirt collar and a quantity of black curls, whosmoked seven cigars as long as knitting-needles one after the other in my immediatevicinity the whole time this body of waterwas in view. He seemed very muchwrapped up in himself, and when I touchedhim on the arm — I was obliged to—and said, Non fiuiiarc—sil vous plaU — I object totobacco, he merely looked at me absent-mindedly and shook his head. There isnothing like the kind of tobacco smoked insecond-class Italian railway carriages tointerfere with ones appreciation of thescenery ; and I regret to find few of mysentiments about the Adriatic worth puttino-on record. I dont know why I should ask an alreadysatiated public to absorb further details of anEastern voyage by P. and O. It is not thatdetails are not available : my diary is full ofthem. I kept a diary, and wrote it up everyevening after the stewards had cleared thesaloon dining tables, sitting opposite the. THE VOYAGE BY P. AND O. 14 VERNONS AUNT Bishop and dipping in the same ink-pot. Irecorded my impressions of the Bishop underthese circumstances, and I still remember thefeehng of guilt with which I said After you,please, when our pens clashed over the ink-pot, and I was in the midst of putting downthe fact that it was easy to see he was acolonial Bishop by his calves. I could notget over the idea that I was committing a sin,though I have never been able to find aprecedent for it and am still uncertain. There is no use, for instance, in tellingyou what I thought of the lady who occupiedmy cabin with me-a widow, going out toIndia for the second time. I was reallycurious to know what could take a widow outto India for the second time, especially afterI found out, without the smallest difficulty, thatshe was not interested in missions. But shenever gave me a reason that I consideredsatisfactory. Her widowy effects, i
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