Then they stopped and leaned for a while over the parapet of the bridge. "Come here, George," said Kate; and she made room for him between herself and Alice. "Wouldn't you like to be swimming down there as those boys were doing when we went out into the balcony? The water looks so enticing."
"I can't say I should;--unless it might be a pleasant way of swimming into the next world."
"I should so like to feel myself going with the stream," said Kate; "particularly by this light. I can't fancy in the least that I should be drowned."
"I can't fancy anything else," said Alice.
"It would be so pleasant to feel the water gliding along one's limbs, and to be carried away headlong,--knowing that you were on the direct road to Rotterdam."
"And so arrive there without your clothes," said George.

They stopped and leaned over the parapet of the bridge.
"Come here, George," said Kate, making room for him between herself and Alice. "Wouldn't you like to be swimming down there? The water looks so enticing."
"I can't say I should; unless it might be a pleasant way of swimming into the next world."
"I should so like to feel myself going with the stream," said Kate. "I can't imagine that I should be drowned."
"I can't imagine anything else," said Alice.
"It would be so pleasant to be carried away headlong to Rotterdam."
"And arrive there without your clothes," said George.
