Hastings  had  been  expecting  us  all  the  afternoon,  and  late,
as  was  the  hour,  1.30  a.m.,  we  were  immediately  sur-
rounded by  a  fleet  of  boats,  and  many  willing  hands  seized
our  heterogeneous  cargo  and  multitudinous  packages,  and
before  daylight  all  had  been  safely  landed  on  the  pier.     We


committed  ourselves  to  the  care  of  the  K.  N.  A.  V.,  and
landed  in  their  boats,  and  at  4.30,  proceeding  to  the
Queen's  Hotel,  we  had  a  joyous  meeting  with  T.  A.  U.
and  Maud.
How  can  I  describe  the  warm  greetings  that  met  us
everywhere,  or  the  crowd  that  surrounded  us,  not  only
when  wo  landed,  but  as  we  came  out  of  church  ;  how.
along  the  whole  ten  miles  from  Hastings  to  Battle,  people
were  standing  by  the  roadside  and  at  their  cottage  doors
to  welcome  us  ;  how  the  Battle  bell-ringers  never  stopped
ringing  except  during  service  time;  or  how  the  warme'*  '
welcomes  ended  our  delightful  year  of  travel  and  m


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Tifl  «■(.■  wiiv  liotiic  at  last,  with  thankful  hearts  for  the
]ii'i<vi(k*iiti.il  can.-  v.liich'  had  wntchcd  over  us  whither-
-■nvLT  wf  niaiiK'il  ?

I  ir.iviUii  iimnii};  unknown  men.
In  hinils  Ixryond  the  sea.
Nit,  KiiKl'inil !  did  1  know  till  then

W'h.ii  love  1  bore  to  thee.
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