At Hawarden With Mr Gladstone And Other Transatlantic Experiences
At Hawarden With Mr Gladstone And Other Transatlantic Experiences
William Henry Rideing
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After the departure of the mail-boat it suddenly becomes silent and sepul- chrally still. The vociferous newsboy, the wharfingers, the porters, and the railway and steamboat officials all dis- appear. The ticket-office windows are abruptly closed, and the pensive attend- ant in the refreshment-room turns the lock on the mildewed veal pies and the sawdust sandwiches, which have re- minded us of Mugby Junction. Our footsteps sound boisterously loud, and 96 THE ROUTE OF we have a feeling of detach...ment and sequestration. Looking down the har- bor, we can see no movement. Half a dozen or more spare boats are moored along the spendid piers, but they are out of service and unmanned. Wandering out of the brick and granite enclosures of the modern docks, we en- ter the straggling, arid little town, which has a curious old parish church, with an authentic record from the reign of Edward III. ; and then leaving the crouching white cottages with the for- tress-like walls behind, we strike out in the direction of the mountain which slopes upward to the north and west of the town, and is of such a height that a veil of blue or purple always hangs upon it.
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