[The Adventures of Harry Richmond by George Meredith]@TWC D-Link bookThe Adventures of Harry Richmond CHAPTER XII 2/23
I raised my foot and saw the boot on it, which accounted for an uneasy sensation setting in through my frame. I said softly, 'What a pleasure it must be for horses to be groomed!' 'Just what I was thinking!' said Temple. We started up on our elbows, and one or the other cried: 'There's a chart! These are bunks! Hark at the row overhead! We're in a ship! The ship's moving! Is it foggy this morning? It's time to get up! I've slept in my clothes! Oh, for a dip! How I smell of smoke! What a noise of a steamer! And the squire at Riversley! Fancy Uberly's tale!' Temple, with averted face, asked me whether I meant to return to Riversley that day.
I assured him I would, on my honour, if possible; and of course he also would have to return there.
'Why, you've an appointment with Janet Ilchester,' said I, 'and we may find a pug; we'll buy the hunting-knife and the skates.
And she shall know you saved an old woman's life.' 'No, don't talk about that,' Temple entreated me, biting his lip. 'Richie, we're going fast through the water.
It reminds me of breakfast. I should guess the hour to be nine A.M.' My watch was unable to assist us; the hands pointed to half-past four, and were fixed.
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