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Another full stop. " Have you ever travelled in the stage before ? I inquired. " Yes, sir. " " But never so great a distance, perhaps ? n " No, never. " Another dead halt. I see how it is, thought I. The lady is a blue she cannot talk of these common-place matters, and is laughing in her sleeve at my simplicity. I 102 THE CAPTAIN'S LADY. must rise to a higher theme ; and then, as the stage rolled off the Schuylkill bridge, I said, "We have passed the Rubicon, and I hope we shall not, like the R...oman conqueror, have cause to repent our temerity. The day promises to be fair, and the omens are all auspicious. " " What did you say about Mr. Rubicam ? " in- quired Mrs. Johnson. I repeated ; and the lady replied, " O yes, very likely, " and then resumed her former taciturnity. Thinks I to myself, Captain Johnson and his lady belong to the peace establishment. Well, if the lady does not choose to talk, politeness requires of me to be silent ; and for the next hour not a word was spoken. I had now obtained a glimpse of my fair compan- ion's visage, and candor compels me to admit that it was not quite so beautiful as I had anticipated.
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