"This trip to Jersey completely absorbed our ideas,was our sole anticipation,the constant thought of our minds.
"At last we left.I see it as plainly as if it had happened yesterday.The boat was getting up steam against the quay at Granville;my father,bewildered,was superintending the loading of our three pieces of baggage;mymother,nervous,had taken the arm of my unmarried sister,who seemed lost since the departure of the other one,like the last chicken of a brood;behind us came the bride and groom,who always stayed behind,a thing that often made me turn round.