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The next day papa was so tired that he would not go anywhere

So I had to be quiet too It was no hardship I was rather

glad, to take in leisurely the good of all I had before and

around me, and have time for it Our tents were pitched by the

beautiful fountain Aines-Sultân; which the books toldthe strange

trees and bushes, gathering flowers; I found a great hts and shades on the Moablooks towards the Dead Sea and the Jordan I

took s, and Suleiman also kept

near me like a shadow; but nobody of all our caravan behaved

tobut the ht, I suppose, by other travellers who me natural curiosities;

birds and animals and shells and plants I had no lack of

business and pleasure all that day I wanted only sos I wanted to know

The day had come to an end, almost; the shadow of Quarantania

had fallen upon us; and I sat on a rock by the spring,

watching the colours of the sunset still bright on the trees

in the plain, on the water of the sea, and on the range of the

Moab hills Frohts had at last wandered

away, and were busy at the other end of the world; sad, with a

great sense that Mr Thorold ay from me; heavy, with a