confessthatIwenttobedwithoutoneworduponthematterofCarthew，butnotwithouthavingcovenantedwithmyrascalforavisittoChesterthenextday。AtChesterwedidtheCathedral，walkedonthewalls，discussedShakespeareandthemusicalglasses——andmadeafreshengagementforthemorrow。
Idonotknow，andIamgladtohaveforgotten，howlongthesetravelswerecontinued。Wevisitedatleast，bysingularzigzags，Stratford，Warwick，Coventry，Gloucester，Bristol，Bath，andWells。Ateachstagewespokedutifullyofthesceneanditsassociations；Isketched，theShysterspoutedpoetryandcopiedepitaphs。WhocoulddoubtweweretheusualAmericans，travellingwithadesignofself-improvement？
Whowastoguessthatonewasablackmailer，tremblingtoapproachthesceneofaction——theotherahelpless，amateurdetective，waitingonevents？
Itisunnecessarytoremarkthatnoneoccurred，ornonetheleastsuitablewithmydesignofprotectingCarthew。Twotrifles，indeed，completedthoughtheyscarcelychangedmyconceptionoftheShyster。ThefirstwasobservedinGloucester，wherewespentSunday，andIproposedweshouldhearserviceinthecathedral。Tomysurprise，thecreaturehadanISMofhisown，towhichhewasloyal；andheleftmetogoalonetothecathedral——orperhapsnottogoatall——andstoleoffdownadesertedalleytosomeBethelorEbenezerofthepropershade。
Whenwemetagainatlunch，Iralliedhim，andhegrewrestive。