Chapter 12 A STUDY IN CHARACTER.

Next morning we were up at dawn to be in time for the first express. We cycled to the station; but a row of market-boats, that had reached the one and only canal-bridge on our route, kept us waiting till they filed past; and we missed our train.

"Choost kon!" exclaimed a porter cheerfully, as he took our cycles. "Day-train choost away-von-two-me