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Touring," explained Mr. Hoopdriver. "I can imagine that, with a
properly oiled machine, there can be no easier nor pleasanter way of
seeing the country."
"No," said Mr. Hoopdriver; "it isn't half a bad way of getting about."
"For a young and newly married couple, a tandem bicycle must be, I
should imagine, a delightful bond."
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Quite so," said Mr. Hoopdriver, reddening a little.
Do you ride a tandem?"
No--we're separate," said Mr. Hoopdriver.
The motion through the air is indisputably of a very exhilarating
description." With that decision, the clergyman turned to give his
orders to the attendant, in a firm, authoritative voice, for a cup of
tea, two gelatine lozenges, bread and butter, salad, and pie to follow.
"
The gelatine lozenges I must have. I require them to precipitate the
tannin in my tea," he remarked to the room at large, and folding his
hands, remained for some time with his chin thereon, staring fixedly at
a little picture over Mr. Hoopdriver's head.
"
I myself am a cyclist," said the clergyman, descending suddenly upon
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