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The Bathing-Man, who had been already paid his Fee, had the impudence to come up and ask for more "Geld," for minding the gentleman's clothes, as I gathered from the speech of the clergyman, who understood Flemish. He was, however, indignantly refused, and, not relishing, perchance, the likelihood of a scuffle with three Englishmen, straightway decamped.
Afterwards I learnt to swim properly with the help of a long pole fastened to the cork belt and held by the bathing-man, but my familiarity with the salt element dated from the day I was flung out into it like a little parcel.
The beach is very steep; and as one gets out of one's depth immediately, indifferent swimmers put on a couple of bladders which stick out behind their backs and produce a strange effect or else take a bathing-man into the water with them. I preferred the latter course; and we all had a pleasant bathe.
I put everything on except the wig, crowned myself with his broad-brimmed white hat, felt in his pockets, which were full of gold and silver, and, to my credit be it said, only selected one shilling, with which I paid the bathing-man, and walked off undiscovered to my own machine. The fat old she-triton laughed till she cried.
I never, never shall forget that moment when you laid hold of me." "But you have been in the water again this morning." "Oh, yes! I do enjoy it so, and of course I did not go far. That stupid bathing-man, by the way, ought to have looked out yesterday. He might have come in the boat and have saved you a wetting. I believe he was asleep." "He is old, and I am very, very glad he did not see you.
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