Chapter 25

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​⁠Falsehood in him was not the useless lie

Of boasting pride or laughing vanity:

It was the gainful, the persuading art, etc.

CRABBE.

On with the horses—off to Canterbury,

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​⁠Tramp, tramp o'er pebble, and splash, splash thro' puddle;

Hurrah! how swiftly speeds the post so merry!

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“Here laws are all inviolate: none lay

Traps for the traveller; every highway's clear;

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​⁠Here—” he was interrupted by a k