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"What, amongst all those young gentlemen, love? I fear that would not be
proper. See, all the ladies remain apart." So they kept quiet and
miserable, after the manner of females.
Meantime the Cantab's quick eye had not deceived him; in each racing boat
were two young gentlemen leaning collapsed over their oars; and two more,
who were in a cloud, and not at all clear whether they were in this world
still, or in their zeal had pulled into a better. But their malady was
not a rare one in racing boats, and the remedy always at hand: it
combined the rival systems; Thames was sprinkled in their faces--
Homoeopathy: and brandy in a teaspoon trickled down their throats--
Allopathy: youth and spirits soon did the rest; and, the moment
their eyes opened, their mouths opened; and, the moment their mouths
opened, they fell a chaffing.
Mrs. Dodd's anxiety and Julia's were relieved by the appearance of Mr.
Edward, in a tweed shooting-jacket sauntering down to them, hands in his
pockets, and a cigar in his mouth, placidly unconscious of their
solicitude on his account.


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