Hylas and the Nymphs

we had gone some little distance from the yard before I had the hardihood to mention it. We turned back, on my humbly insinuating that it might be useful to me hereafter; and he told the clerk that the carrier had instructions to call for it at noon. ¡¡¡¡'If you please, sir,' I said, when we had accomplished about the same distance as before, 'is it far?'
¡¡¡¡'It's down by Blackheath,' he said. ¡¡¡¡'Is that far, sir?' I diffidently asked. ¡¡¡¡'It's a good step,' he said. 'We shall go by the stage-coach. It's about six miles.' ¡¡¡¡I was so faint and tired, that the idea of holding out for six miles more, was too much for me. I took heart to tell him that I had had nothing all night, and that if he would allow me to buy something to eat, I should be very much obliged to him. He appeared surprised at this - I see him stop and look at me now - and after