Dawn

Chapter 56

Arthur did not delay his departure from Madeira. The morning following

Mildred's ball he embarked on board a Portuguese boat, a very dirty

craft which smelt of garlic and rancid oil, and sailed for Lisbon. He

arrived there safely, and mooned about that city for a while, himself

a monument of serious reflections, and then struck across into Spain,

where he spent a month or so inspecting the historical beauties of

that fallen country. Thence he penetrated across the Pyrenees into

Southern France, which was pleasant in the spring months. Here he

remained another month, meeting with no adventures worthy of any note,

and improving his knowledge of the French language. Tiring at last of

this, he travelled to Paris, and went to the theatres, but found his

own thoughts too absorbing to