The Coachmaster 



I think, too, there was a special pleasure 

 for those who rode on my Father's coach. 

 He was out-and-out a good coachman, and 

 by a good coachman I do not merely mean 

 a man who keeps his horses to a fine pace 



without harm to them or risk for his pas- 

 sengers. I mean your genial fellow who 

 looks upon these last, not as so many fares, 

 but as guests who must be kindly looked 

 after, and, if need be, entertained ; and my 

 father had ever that way with him. He 

 had an intimate knowledge of the history 

 of places along the road, and he gave it 

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