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THE JOURNEY'S END 251traffic that has passed over them. But that ishonest wear. Even though we did touch thepillar of the suspension bridge near Fort Augustuswith the front corner of the roof and I have beentrying to conceal that from you so far it hasbeen cunningly repaired and leaves no tracebehind. Her panels are unscathed ;there is noscratch about her uprights;even the littleV-shaped projections, where the bar-ends arethreaded through, that run like a row of buttonsalong the base of her frame have lost nothing oftheir chiselled edges ; and if ever you are to getjammed in a gateway these are the first to sufferand be pounded out of shape. There is a newpadlock on the larder of course, for we lost theold one at Kingussie, there are new brake-blocks,for the others were destroyed by Sutherland.But take her all in all it is " incredible," as herbuilder tellsand returned like this.me, that she has been that journeyBy noon Herbert is readyfor the AnnualInspection. Herbert indeed has almost oversteppedhimself and gone in for sheer extravagances.He must black Simon's feet and polishSam's : he must fluff out their fore-locks : heperforms the most elaborate scheme of decorationon their plaited tails ;he must have a ribbon on

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