. Two girls on a barge. George Eliotfished in it. For it was Maggie Tulliver who wasas responsible as anyone in the matter of thistrip. And here I must explain that, being only abenighted Londoner, and without any Varsitycareer to correct my etymology, I had long sincedubbed Edna Devize generically Girton, to thatsweet girl graduates natural wrath. Girton, shesaid, was a collective title, and she wouldnt becalled a horde ! Edna then took the matter intoher own hands at this juncture of affairs. She satdown with a decided air, and we composed a noteto Messrs. Corbett, of the London Salt
. Two girls on a barge. George Eliotfished in it. For it was Maggie Tulliver who wasas responsible as anyone in the matter of thistrip. And here I must explain that, being only abenighted Londoner, and without any Varsitycareer to correct my etymology, I had long sincedubbed Edna Devize generically Girton, to thatsweet girl graduates natural wrath. Girton, shesaid, was a collective title, and she wouldnt becalled a horde ! Edna then took the matter intoher own hands at this juncture of affairs. She satdown with a decided air, and we composed a noteto Messrs. Corbett, of the London Salt , as everyone knows, Messrs. Corbetts boatsare some of the best of those which ply betweenLondon and Birmingham. It was a very charm-ing note! And in it we set forth our desires inthe simplest terms, and asked if Messrs. Corbettwould be kind enough to help us in any way theycould. Messrs. Corbetts preliminary cargo beingsalt would be a pleasant precedent to our occupa-tion, and full of fresh-scented reminiscences, we. 4 TWO GIRLS ON A BARGE thought We awaited the result of this experimentwith some anxiety. But there was no need, forMr. Corbett responded to our letter in the kindestspirit and put a boat at our disposal for as long aswe might wish. Not only this, but he sent downhis special manager, who gave us fatherly adviceabout the passes we should need, because a ladenbarge may go where a pleasure skiff may not uponcanals. Now, our original intention was to go we twoalone. But when the managers last letter cameto say the boat was really at the wharf at Padding-ton awaiting our instructions, we hurriedly decidedto enlist The Crew. After all, a man is a sort ofnecessity when theres carpentering to be Crew was a property of mine, a soldier brotherawaiting his commission—Mr. Talbot BernardGrove, Gentleman Cadet. The Cadet was by nomeans overwhelmed at the prospect that we offeredhim. He even hinted, with some mathematicalprecision, that a houseboat on the Thames wou
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