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2 (a long, flat tin utensil, full of hot water) was put into the carriage just before we started; but it did not make us more than half comfortable, and the frost began to cloud the windows, and shut out the prospect, so that we could only glance at the green fields—immortally green, whatever winter can do soon

against them—and,

as

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a

in

to

of

its

at here and there, a stream or pool with the ice forming on borders. was the very first cold weather mild season. The snow began fall scattered and almost invisible flakes; we had stayed

our English welcome

there any more. At Folkestone, we were deposited shingly beach, tion close upon

at a

find nothing genial and hospitable railway sta

on

to

it

if

and seemed out, and were

a

which reported

the sea

as

which

hand, the

were

to

pier, where lay the steamer

at

the midst; and, close we

an old church

in

in

J

in

foam, and which strewn with shells and star-fish; behind was the town, with broke

em

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of

of

so

to

or

I

so

wintry, that had no heart bark. But the air was On pick up shells with explore the town, the beach; we kept within doors during the two hours our stay, now and then looking out the

that navigate

it.

to

as

two,

as

or

fishing-boat

an a

at

they pitched and ugly and irregular motion, such rolled with the British Channel generally communicates the craft windows

on

At

a

is

a

a

of

long line

of

at

board, and were about one o'clock we went soon under steam, rate that quickly showed

It

the white cliffs Albion behind us. very dusky white, by the by, and the cliffs them