Digital heart book

It appeared, upon investigation, we had just time to
hail a cab and catch one of the fast trains for
Fontainebleau. Beyond the clothes we stood in all were
destitute of what is called, with dainty vagueness,
personal effects; and it was earnestly mooted, on the
other side, whether we had not time to call upon the
way and pack a satchel? But the Stennis boys exclaimed
upon our effeminacy. They had come from London, it
appeared, a week before with nothing but great-coats
and tooth-brushes. No baggage--there was the secret of
existence. It was expensive, to be sure, for every
time you had to comb your hair a barber must be paid,
and every time you changed your linen one shirt must be
bought and another thrown away; but anything was
better, argued these young gentlemen, than to be the
slaves of haversacks. "A fellow has to get rid
gradually of all material attachments: that was
manhood," said they; "and as long as you were bound
down to anything--house, umbrella, or portmanteau--you
were still tethered by the umbilical cord.


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