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In setting off the next morning, the Boots, whose heart I had won by an extra sixpence for calling me betimes, good-naturedly informed me that I might save a mile of the journey, and have a very pleasant walk into the bargain, if I took the footpath through a gentleman's park, the lodge of which I should see about seven miles from the town.
"And the grounds are showed too," said the Boots, "if so be you has a mind to stay and see 'em. But don't you go to the gardener, -- he'll want half a crown; there's an old 'Oman at the lodge who will show you all that's worth seeing -- the walks and the big cascade -- for a tizzy. You may make use of my name," he added proudly, -- "Bob, boots at the 'Lion. ' She be a haunt o' mine, and she minds them that come from me perticklerly."