in-the-glass

Updated: May 4, 2025

Mary- in-the-glass, that romantic young woman, very speciously pointed out that in London when once you see a man you may reasonably suppose that you will again meet him. For in London one does not aimlessly wander; one has some set purpose and traverses a thousand times the same streets, crossing daily at the same points as though upon the pursuit of a chalked line.

A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth) Hutchinson - Once Aboard the Lugger