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You are shaking from head to foot!" The Marquis de Ronquerolles came in. "Mme la Duchesse, I was afraid that something might have happened. I have just come across your coachman, the man is as tipsy as all the Swiss in Switzerland." The Duchess made no answer; she was looking round the room, at the chimney-piece and the tall mirrors, seeking the trace of an opening.
The baggage man was right in his conjecture, for the doctor had persuaded the polite conductor, whom he knew personally, to stop the train at Snowdon; and while Adah, shivering with cold, found her way up the narrow stairs into the rather comfortless quarters where she must spend the night, the doctor was kicking the snow from his feet and talking to Jim, the coachman from Terrace Hill.
"Give me the reins, then," said Holloway. "Not till we are out o'town," said the coachman: "when we get off the stones, we'll see a little of your driving." When they got on the turnpike road, Holloway impatiently seized the reins, and was as much gratified by this coachman's praises of his driving as ever he had been by the applauses he had received for his Latin verses.
We had much to do before we could meet with a suitable conveyance, and at length trusted ourselves with our Italian coachman, who could not speak French. For a certain sum he was to give us three places in his coach, and provide us with food and lodging by the way.
She spent the rest of the evening in cogitation. Three words describe Mrs. Force. She detested children. Joe, the coachman, and Watson were waiting for an opportunity to speak to Mr. Bingle. They appeared to be crowding each other. "I beg pardon, Mr. Bingle," began Joe, hurriedly, as the master turned in response to Watson's cough. "What is it, Joseph?" Watson succeeded in speaking first.
Dinsmore sprang into the carriage which was at the door, some of the party having just returned from a drive the instant he heard the news, calling to Harry to accompany him, and bidding the coachman drive directly to the spot, with all speed. The moment they were off he began questioning the boy closely as to the cause of the accident. Harry could not tell much about it.
It was the clerk, too, who told the coachman, who was very proud of having a marquise to drive, to take the road to Saint-Mande. Monsieur Faucheux's horses were serviceable animals, with thickset knees and legs that had some difficulty in moving. Like the carriage, they belonged to the earlier part of the century.
Besides, I am going to church to pray for those who do not pray for themselves." From twelve duty calls, subtract one duty call, and eleven remain. Hum! "Coachman, Rue St. Louis au Marais." "Papa, has Aunt Ursula needles in her chin?" Let us pass over the eleven duty calls, they are no more agreeable to write of than to make.
Although, in spite of the ostler's lanterns, it was very dark, it was impossible ever to be unaware of the arrival of Squire Mountmeadow; for he was one of those great men who take care to remind the world of their dignity by the attention which they require on every occasion. 'Coachman! said the authoritative voice of the Squire. 'Where is the coachman? Oh! you are there, sir, are you?
If so great things were attainable merely from the following out of those simple rules, why then the position of coachman was attainable to him. "Easy enough thing to do," he said, as he freshened the tables for new comers. "It's just going straight ahead, pitching into what you've got to do, and doing it first-rate, and finding out about everything under the sun as fast as you can.
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