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Three miles is an hour's walk for a lady an eighteen-penny cab-fare the distance from Hyde Park Corner to the Bank an express train could do it in three minutes, or a racehorse in five.
This he did, and the price he asked for doing so was exactly the value of the gold coin grandpapa had given Cyril for Christmas. This cast a gloom; but Cyril would never have stooped to argue about a cab-fare, for fear the cabman should think he was not accustomed to take cabs whenever he wanted them.
"Given for cab-fare, given for candy, perfumes bought," &c., &c. "Total 205 roubles." After that from the 330 roubles were deducted 220 roubles the share of the proprietress for board and lodging. The figure of 110 roubles resulted.
That he had brought it from home was beyond cavil in his mind, for had he not paid his cab-fare and the other expenses from it? It was an awkward beginning of an acquaintance, as he allowed with an embarrassed smile, but if Mr. Armstrong would be his banker for a day Mr.
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