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`` The proposal is a bold one , but I fancy that it is sensible , after all . Yes , when you _ can _ go out , you can go out to advantage , and I believe that time has come . You had probably better accept your brother 's proposal . '' The result of all which was , that the carriage was ordered between three and four o'clock , and that in spite of the insufferable heat of the day the two invalids -LRB- so very differently disabled -RRB- were driven to the Central Park , were driven around it , heard Dodworth 's Band perform half a dozen operatic selections as only that cornet-band can perform them , saw the loungers on the grass , the promenaders on the walks , the boats on the pond which is called a lake , and all the picturesque features of that Saturday-afternoon gathering which within the past two years has become a pleasant feature of summer in the metropolis . Richard Crawford did not experience the fatigue he had expected . On the contrary he felt new life and vigor flowing in with every breath of the yet early summer ; and when they drove back to the house an hour before sunset , he had the sensations of a school-boy whose play-hour is over and who is just going back to school and his books . He was not only better , but he was nearly well .