All which being considered, and that Death moreover might be much nearer me than I imagined ----I wish I was at _Abbeville_, quoth I, were it only to see how they card and spin----so off we set.
[7.1]_de Montreuil Nampont - poste et demi_ _de Nampont_ Bernay - - - poste de Bernay Nouvion - - - poste de Nouvion ABBEVILLE - - poste
----but the carders and spinners were all gone to bed.
[Footnote 7.1: Vid. Book of French post roads, page 36, edition of 1762.]
All which being considered, and because Death might be much nearer to me than I imagined - 'I wish I was at Abbeville,' quoth I, 'if only to see how they card and spin' - so off we set.
From Montreuil to Nampont - from Nampont to Bernay - from Bernay to Nouvion - from Nouvion to Abbeville-
- but the carders and spinners were all gone to bed.