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"Ah! woe that youth should love to be Like this swift Thames that speeds so fast, And is so fain to find the sea, -- That leaves this maze of shadow and sleep, These creeks down which blown blossoms creep, For breakers of the homeless deep. " -- EDMUND GOSSE.
The little river steamer, with its gay awning, was hitched up to the Speaker's Stairs. The Lestranges were standing at the gangway welcoming their guests. There was a crowd watching along the parapet of Westminster Bridge just above.