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Crawley of Queen’s Crawley

           

           HowtheyoungmanfromCambridgesulkilyputhisfivegreat-coatsinfront;butwasreconciledwhenlittleMissSharpwasmadetoquitthecarriage,andmountupbesidehimwhenhecoveredherupinoneofhisBenjamins,andbecameperfectlygood-humouredhowtheasthmaticgentleman,theprimlady,whodeclareduponhersacredhonourshehadnevertravelledinapubliccarriagebefore(thereisalwayssuchaladyinacoachAlas!was;forthecoaches,wherearethey?),andthefatwidowwiththebrandy-bottle,tooktheirplacesinsidehowtheporteraskedthemallformoney,andgotsixpencefromthegentlemanandfivegreasyhalfpencefromthefatwidowandhowthecarriageatlengthdroveawaynowthreadingthedarklanesofAldersgate,anonclatteringbytheBlueCupolaofSt.Paul’s,jinglingrapidlybythestrangers’entryofFleet-Market,which,withExeter‘Change,hasnowdepartedtotheworldofshadowshowtheypassedtheWhiteBearinPiccadilly,andsawthedewrisingupfromthemarket-gardensofKnightsbridgehowTurnhamgreen,Brentwood,Bagshot,werepassedneednotbetoldhere.Butthewriterofthesepages,whohaspursuedinformerdays,andinthesamebrightweather,thesameremarkablejourney,cannotbutthinkofitwithasweetandtenderregret

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