furniture-removing

Updated: May 25, 2025

In such manner came Helen Rathbone to be the mistress of Wilbraham Hall. Before the spacious crimson façade of Wilbraham Hall upon an autumn day stood Mr. Crump's pantechnicon. That is to say, it was a pantechnicon only by courtesy Mr. Crump's courtesy. In strict adherence to truth it was just a common furniture-removing van, dragged over the earth's surface by two horses.

Arnold Bennett - Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.)