horse-and-van

Updated: May 28, 2025

There had been one or two horse-and-van and bicycle accidents in the place before the shop Bert and Grubb took was built, and, to be frank, it was the probability of others that attracted them to it. Its possibilities had come to them first with a humorous flavour. "Here's one of the places where a chap might get a living by keeping hens," said Grubb.

H. G. (Herbert George) Wells - The War in the Air