Question

describe the journey of the three men back to home

Answer 1

The three men started their homeward journey from Oxford in the drizzle. Harris and J. are quite enthusiastic and cover nine miles. They pull up for the night a little below Day's lock. They take dinner and talk. George talks about a man who came up the river, slept in the damp boat, caught rheumatic fever and died. Harris talks about his friend who slept at Aldershot one wet night and woke up cripple for life. J. suggests George should play his banjo. He commences playing Two Lovely Black Eyes. This makes them sentimental. They sleep till 5 a.m. They pass the second day like the first one. They have two days more of their fortnight boat journey. They are a little past Goring and decide to paddle on to Pangbourne and put up there for the night. They think of walking about Alhambra. They reach Paddington at seven and drive direct to the restaurant. At Alhambra they have to present themselves at the pay-box. They are asked to go around to Castle street. They are told that they are late by half-an-hour. They try to convince the man. They adjourn after the first ballet and go to the restaurant. For about ten days they were living on nothing but cold meat, cake, bread and jam. They have a nutritious diet there. They stretch their legs and feel good and thoughtful. It continues raining. The dim lamps flicker. Harris declares that they have had a pleasant trip. J. thanks old Father Thames for that. Montmorency standing on his hind legs gives a short bark showing concurrence.