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The shopman knew him by reputation, and sold him the book. He was in such a hurry to read it, that he actually began in the shop. It was necessary to tell him that business hours were over. Hearing this, he ran out, and told the cabman to drive as fast as possible to Pall Mall. The library waiter at Doctor Benjulia's Club found him in the library, busy with a book.
I took one of them by the arm, led her gently down the aisle and out into the street, and handed her into the cab. Her two companions followed her; I paid the cabman; and that was the end of the matter." The Bishop lay back on the pillows and thought for a moment or two in silence. "Yes," he said finally, "I think that in this case you were justified.
"On the contrary, I have half a sovereign for you if you will give me a clear answer to my questions." "Well, I've had a good day and no mistake," said the cabman, with a grin. "What was it you wanted to ask, sir?" "First of all your name and address, in case I want you again." "John Clayton, 3 Turpey Street, the Borough. My cab is out of Shipley's Yard, near Waterloo Station."
So they walked around, and were at an entrance. A cabman put down a woman and some children just as Mr. Andersen had said, "We were going up there some day, you know; we ought to go before everything has faded." "Yes," she made answer. "See here, we might get this cab and go up now" looking up with eager inquiry. Dickens had not created Mr.
How can I do anything here!" "Others have. Others do." "Yes yes! That's so. We must take hold!" And he selected a cabman from the shouting swarm. "We want to go, with two trunks, to the Hotel St. Denis," said he. "All right, sir! Gimme the checks, please." Spenser was about to hand them over when Susan said in an undertone, "You haven't asked the price."
While this was being done, Baxmore took a leathern purse from the cupboard, and gave the cabman a shilling for being first to "give the call." As the men were already accoutred, the engine left the station on this occasion in less than five minutes.
He sent this off by his cabman, and went into the breakfast-room in a state of mind easier to imagine than to describe. The party were all seated, and his the only vacant place.
And, while you're gone, I'll constitute myself a special 'bobby' to look after this chap of yours in the bracelets." So Jack hurried off up the road, wondering how Daisy Huston fared with a revolver and a hostile cabman. The cab horses were browsing quietly by the roadside. Miss Daisy looked anything but perturbed. In fact, she had passed all uneasiness of spirit on to the cab driver.
She seemed as an unattainable star seen from the depths of foul pits. "Stop!" he cried from the window. "Here we are, sir," said the cabman. The carriage had drawn up, and a footman's alarum awakened one of the houses. The wretched cabman had likewise drawn up right under the windows of the carriage. Wilfrid could have pulled the trigger of a pistol at his forehead that moment.
Brian sat and smoked, staring out into the moonlight the while. Yes, the man was certainly watching the house, for he sat on one of the seats, and kept his eyes fixed on the brilliantly-lighted windows. Brian threw away his cigarette and shivered slightly. "Could anyone have seen me?" he muttered, rising uneasily. "Pshaw! of course not; and the cabman would never recognise me again.
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