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It was on a Saturday, at 9.15 in the evening, that the three travellers started from Paddington on their search for adventures and Bayre's rich uncle.
It was very cold, and there was an ill-concealed sentiment abroad that they had chosen a time of year for their expedition which, though distinctly favourable to their chances of having the train, the boat and the islands a good deal to themselves, was not so well chosen as regarded their own comfort and enjoyment.