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A Bicycle of Cathay

CHAPTER VIII
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As I have got to go without my bicycle I would like to have some sort of company.

Anyway, the bear must go, and as I am on the road to the Cheltenham I shall be very glad to take him along with me." "I think you are wonderfully brave," she said, "and very good.

If I can persuade myself it will be perfectly safe for you, it will certainly be a great relief to me." I was now engaged in a piece of self-sacrifice, and I felt that I must do it thoroughly and promptly.

"I will go and get my valise," I said, "for I ought to start immediately." "Oh, I will send that!" she exclaimed.
"No," I answered; "it does not weigh anything, and I can sling it over my shoulder.

By-the-way," I said, turning as I was about to leave the room, "I have forgotten something." I put my hand into my pocket; it would not do to forget that I was, after all, only a departing guest.
"No, no," she replied, quickly, "I am your debtor.


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