第5章
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Twootherpassengers,besidestheone,wereploddingupthe
hillbythesideofthemail.Allthreewerewrappedtothecheekbones
andovertheears,andworejack-boots.Notoneofthethree
couldhavesaid,fromanythinghesaw,whateitheroftheother
twowaslikeandeachwashiddenunderalmostasmany
wrappersfromtheeyesofthemind,asfromtheeyesofthebody,
ofhistwocompanions.Inthosedays,travellerswereveryshyof
beingconfidentialonashortnotice,foranybodyontheroad
mightbearobberorinleaguewithrobbers.Astothelatter,when
everyposting-houseandale-housecouldproducesomebodyin
“theCaptain’s”pay,rangingfromthelandlordtotheloweststable
nondescript,itwasthelikeliestthinguponthecards.Sotheguard
oftheDovermailthoughttohimself,thatFridaynightin
November,onethousandsevenhundredandseventy-five,
lumberingupShooter’sHill,