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"FAREWELL Clarence! Ida-good-bye! God's blessing rest on those whom we leave behind us!"
There is the last grasp of the hand-the last wistful gaze on familiar faces-and the bridge is raised, the connecting link with the shore broken. The little crowd assembled on the platform give a faint cheer, and handkerchiefs are waved, as the vessel, starting on her long voyage to India, slowly moves forward through the mass of craft of various kinds that half block up the River Thames. The brown water curdles into cream-like foam under the paddle-wheels, and the smoke from the funnel streams backwards.