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"I will go and see if it is possible," said the Prefect, and he dashed
out into the rain. He returned full of apologies. All the motors were
out, but he would send his carriage round immediately. "A delightful
carriage," he added.
It arrived--a landau such as one would find at Waddingsgate-super-Mare,
so free from scars that every Montenegrin turned to look at it.
The hotel-keepers, our American friends, and the Prefect and his captain
stood pointing out its beauties, and we left them standing in the rain.
"I shall always put on side in this country," said Jo as she bit a large
mouthful of cheese.
We pounded along, and the day slowly grew darker. We passed an
encampment, where the firelight thrown up on to the trees made a weird
and jolly sight.
The hours passed by slowly. Suddenly (our coachman was probably dozing)
we ran into something. It was a carriage, a square grey thing. Our
coachman howled to it, and it started slowly forward up the steep hill.
A bright light streamed from the windows and cut a radiant path in the
foggy rains.


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