clerk-sat

Updated: May 5, 2025

There was some whooping behind; the line of carriages swirled like a long serpent half a yard near the hedge, and through the grey dust a large covered car shot by at the gallop of a fire-engine. The Clerk-sat bolt upright. "Now, what in the name of " "It's an ambulance waggon," said Philip between his set teeth.

Sir Hall Caine - The Manxman: A Novel - 1895