Records a touching Act of delicate Feeling not unmixed with Pleasantry, achieved and performed by Me

           ItwaswithinaweekofthecloseofthemonthofJuly,thatahackneycabriolet,numberunrecorded,wasseentoproceedatarapidpaceupGoswellStreet;threepeopleweresqueezedintoitbesidesthedriver,whosatinhisownparticularlittledickeyattheside;overtheapronwerehungtwoshawls,belongingtotwosmallvixenish-lookingladiesundertheapron;betweenwhom,compressedintoaverysmallcompass,wasstowedaway,agentlemanofheavyandsubdueddemeanour,who,wheneverheventuredtomakeanobservation,wassnappedupshortbyoneofthevixenishladiesbefore-mentioned.Lastly,thetwovixenishladiesandtheheavygentlemanweregivingthedrivercontradictorydirections,alltendingtotheonepoint,thatheshouldstopatMrs.Bardell’sdoor;whichtheheavygentleman,indirectoppositionto,anddefianceof,thevixenishladies,contendedwasagreendoorandnotayellowone.

           ‘Stopatthehousewithagreendoor,driver,’saidtheheavygentleman.

           ‘Oh!Youperwersecreetur!’exclaimedoneofthevixenishladies.‘Drivetothe‘ousewiththeyellowdoor,cabmin.’

           Uponthisthecabman,whoinasuddenefforttopullupatthehousewiththegreendoor,hadpulledthehorseupsohighthathenearlypulledhimbackwardintothecabriolet,lettheanimal’sfore-legsdowntothegroundagain,andpaused.

           ‘NowvereamItopullup?’inquiredthedriver.‘Settleitamongyourselves.

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