text:  To which the pretty Ulrica replied 'That it was no fault of hers if people wanted to convert a child into a woman!' A moment afterwards and the ferryman and cortege arrived together; and a more glorious figure of fun than the chaplain of the heretic general hath seldom bestridden a pacing nag! However I was too glad of his arrival to be exceptious; and the whole party were speedily embarked in the ferry taking their turn as the first arrived at the spot which we twain abided watching the punt across the stream which in consequence of the strength of the current it was indispensable to float down some hundred yards in order to reach the opposite shore