Such exhaustive mental labour induced a certain nervousness that could only be allayed by relaxation.

The bicycle afforded a grateful change.

Mounted upon the slender, swift-revolving wheel, Mr.Phillip in the cool of the evening, after the long day of study, sometimes proceeded to stretch his limbs.

The light cigar soothed his weary and overstrained mind.
The bicycle by-and-by, as if drawn by the power of gravitation, approached more and more nearly to the distant town.

It threaded the streets, and finally stopped in the archway of an inn.