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The Newcomes

CHAPTER XV
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We are travelling together to see the country.

Every English gentleman should see his own country first, before he goes abroad, as we intend to do afterwards--to make the Grand Tour.

And I will thank you to tell me what there is remarkable in your town, and what we ought to see--antiquities, manufactures, and seats in the neighbourhood.

We wish to see everything, sir--everything.

Elaborate diaries of these home tours are still extant, in Clive's boyish manuscript and the Colonel's dashing handwriting--quaint records of places visited, and alarming accounts of inn bills paid." So Mr.Taplow knew in five minutes that his guest was a brother of Sir Brian, their member; and saw the note despatched by an ostler to "Mrs.
Sarah Mason, Jubilee Row," announcing that the Colonel had arrived, and would be with her after his dinner.


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