'
'So would I,' said Mr Glascock. 'I'm glad we can agree about one
thing.'
The two gentlemen agreed to walk up the mountain together, and with
some trouble induced the conductor to permit them to do so. Why
conductors of diligences should object to such relief to their horses
the ordinary Englishman can hardly understand. But in truth they feel
so deeply the responsibility which attaches itself to their shepherding
of their sheep, that they are always fearing lest some poor lamb should
go astray on the mountain side. And though the road be broad and very
plainly marked, the conductor never feels secure that his passenger
will find his way safely to the summit. He likes to know that each of
his flock is in his right place, and disapproves altogether of an
erratic spirit. But Mr Glascock at last prevailed, and the two men
started together up the mountain. When the permission has been once
obtained the walker may be sure that his guide and shepherd will not
desert him.
'Of course I know,' said Trevelyan, when the third twist up the
mountain had been overcome, 'that people talk about me and my wife.
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