NextmorningIsentapenitentnotetoKitty，imploringhertooverlookmystrangeconductofthepreviousafternoonMyDivinitywasstillverywroth，andapersonalapologywasnecessaryIexplained，withafluencybornofnight-longponderingoverafalsehood，thatIhadbeenattackedwithsuddenpalpitationoftheheart-theresultofindigestionThiseminentlypracticalsolutionhaditseffect；andKittyandIrodeoutthatafternoonwiththeshadowofmyfirstliedividingus。
NothingwouldpleasehersaveacanterroundJakkoWithmynervesstillunstrungfromthepreviousnightIfeeblyprotestedagainstthenotion，suggestingObservatoryHill，Jutogh，theBoileaugungeroad-anythingratherthantheJakkoroundKittywasangryandalittlehurt：soIyieldedfromfearofprovokingfurthermisunderstanding，andwesetouttogethertowardChotaSimlaWewalkedagreaterpartoftheway，and，accordingtoourcustom，canteredfromamileorsobelowtheConventtothestretchoflevelroadbytheSanjowlieReservoirThewretchedhorsesappearedtofly，andmyheartbeatquickerandquickeraswenearedthecrestoftheascentMymindhadbeenfullofMrs。
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MiletheHorrorwasawaitingmeNoother’rickshawwasinsight-onlythefourblackandwhitejhampanies，theyellow-