. Stevenson's Inland voyage, and Travels with a donkey . lives, 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 with 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. She
. Stevenson's Inland voyage, and Travels with a donkey . lives, 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 with 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. ChaTxny>^5^La Fere^oyoni-^^^^ ^ oConey°^° Pj ^Compiegne PrecyQ/ Cieil 1 ^-. Pontolse^^LIsle Adam Pont ;-oil ^T c 3 ReimsE Paris BarbizottoFontainebleaao AN INLANDTOXAGE Scale of Statute Miles 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 rvilli 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 i
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