As Seen By Me by Lilian Bell
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matter lies.
I remember nothing definite about that first drive. I, for my part, saw with unseeing eyes. My sister had seen it all before, so she had the power of speech. Occasionally she prodded me and cried, "Look, oh! look quickly." But I never swerved. "I can't look. If I do I shall miss something. You attend to your own window and I'll attend to mine. Coming back I will see your side." When we got beyond the shops I said to the cabman: "Do you know exactly the way you have come?" "Yes, miss," he said. "Then go back precisely the same way." "Have you lost something, miss?" he inquired. "Yes," I said, "I have lost an impression, and I must look till I find it." "Very good, miss," he said. If I had said, "I have carelessly let fall my cathedral," or, "I have lost my orang-outang. Look for him!" an imperturbable British cabby would only touch his cap and say, "Very good, miss!" So we followed our own trail back to "The Insular." "In this way," I said to my sister, "we both get a complete view. To-morrow we will do |
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