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Three Men in a Boat.
Yet, as I have said, when on shore she was kind-hearted and amiable enough.
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The air of the river has a demoralising effect upon one's temper, and this it is, I suppose, which causes even barge men to be sometimes rude to one another, and to use language which, no doubt, in their calmer moments they regret.
