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Her Majesty's Mails
·
William Lewins
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In
less
time,
however,
than
it
would
take
to
read
the
foregoing,
the
mail
has
speeded
miles
away,
and
reached,
by
this
time,
the
fox-covers
and
game-preserves
of
those
Hertfordshire
landowners
who,
when
the
railway
was
projected,
expressed
the
wish
that
its
concoctors
"were
at
rest
in
Paradise!"
The
train
possibly
"thundered"
through
Camden
Town
as
it
used
to
do
in
olden
times,
but
it
would
be
but
a
momentary
sensation,
not
to
speak
of
the
inhabitants
being
now
quite
accustomed
to
it.
The
post-office
work
commenced
when
the
train
left
the
station.
The
bags
were
quickly
seized
by
the
proper
sorter,
cut,
and
their
contents
turned
out
on
the
desk.
Then
he
distributes
what
he
finds
in
the
bags
according
to
a
pre-arranged
order.
The
registered
letters
which
have
found
their
way
to
the
office
he
at
once
transfers
to
the
clerk
on
duty
whose
special
province
it
is
to
deal
with
them;
the
bundles
of
ordinary
letters--in
one
of
which
packets
is
the
identical
letter
we
ourselves
posted--he
hands
over
to
his
fellow-sorters,
who,
each
standing
opposite
to
a
distinct
set
of
boxes,
labelled
with
the
names
of
different
towns
on
the
route,
at
once
sort
them
away.
The
newspapers
he
deals
with
himself.
The
work
thus
started,
the
scene
presently
becomes
one
of
considerable
animation
and
a
pleasant-enough
sort
of
excitement,
till
every
bundle
of
letters
is
cut
open
and
disposed
of
in
the
boxes.
There
is
then
a
lull,
but
it
is
only
temporary.
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