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The thoroughfare each moment grew more tumultuous to his ears, with trolley cars and taxis, motor busses, trucks and drays. A small red motor dashed uptown with piles of evening papers; a great black motor hearse rushed by. In a taxi which had stopped in a jam, a man was kissing a girl in his arms, and both of them were laughing.
There's change for taxis and lots of bills besides fifty or sixty dollars." Two minutes later Clo was in the street. The first thing that happened to her was a small piece of luck. She had been dreading the walk to a taxi-stand, when she saw a car about to drive away from a house near by. It was a public vehicle. Clo hailed the chauffeur and gave the Westmorland as her destination. "Mr.
Do you prefer "Camels", "Chesterfields" or "Fatimas"? the call of taxis, invitations to hotel buses, the wide sweep of traffic on the Embarcadero "So this is San Francisco." The Union-Street Car It is surprising how many people patronize the shabby little thing.
"The commissionaire's been gone ages already, and there are two others before us for taxis." "We can't walk," her escort replied gloomily. "It's a foul night. Nothing to do but wait, what? Let's go back and have another drink." The girl stamped her satin-shod foot impatiently. "Don't be silly," she expostulated. "You know I promised Clara we'd be there early."
He must see the boys and get the straight of it. His mirrored image grinned at the recollection of the officer, the quick, hard-struck blow, and the hysterical screams and laughter of the girls as they were seized in the strong arms of their companions, rushed across the sidewalk, and swung bodily into the waiting taxis. B-r-r-r-r-r. B-r-r-r-r-r-r. B-r-r-r-r-r!
COUNT LERMA comes out of the KING's cabinet, and afterwards DON RAYMOND OF TAXIS, the Postmaster-General. LERMA. Has not the marquis yet appeared? ALVA. Not yet. Count Lerma! Pray announce me to the king? LERMA. His majesty cannot be seen. TAXIS. But say That I must see him; that my business is Of urgent import to his majesty. Make haste it will admit of no delay.
Do you really think you " Marian showed a wild gleam of hope. "Or I might throw the money into the Serpentine," Mr. Prohack added. "Oh! Arthur! I could kill you. I never know how to take you." "No, you never do. That's the worst of a woman like you marrying a man like me." They discussed devices. One servant fewer. No holiday. Cinemas instead of theatres. No books. No cigarettes. No taxis.
Somehow he couldn't tell exactly why he couldn't seem to get in all the remarks he had inside him about how much he had missed her. Wednesday Thursday Friday; he saw her only at one dinner, or on the stairs, departing volubly with clever-looking men in evening clothes to taxis waiting before the house. Nelly was very pleasant; just that pleasant.
And he who talks war doesn't fight.... Later, I'll tell you, after, when it is signed!" There were plenty of cabs and taxis on the streets by the time I reached Paris, rather dangerously driven by strangers ignorant of the ramifications of the great city and of the complexities of motor engines.
Motley groups emerged at times from Ann's castle and departed in taxis. "And Gawd knows where," said Mrs. Ryan from the third floor front of the tenement that faced the street. "They're a wild bunch and my Cassie'll never travel wid 'em.
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