THE RESPECTABLE COACHMAN. 7 



" Oh, no, here's a shilling for you ; I don't care so 

 much, ahout that, if they are sound and quiet." 



" Well," says coper groom, " I heard the coachman 

 say that the guv'ner would give a warranty with them, 

 and he would not do that unless they were sound, I 

 think ; but here conies the coachman." 



" Morning, sir/' said coper coachman, who has a 

 beautiful Skye terrier under his arm. " Bill, Miss Har- 

 riet says you are to wash little Jessie very clean, and 

 take her up to the house when she is thoroughly dry ;" 

 and without further noticing the flat, " Carriage and pair 

 at three it is now two." 



The rugs are swept from the horses' withers to their 

 buttocks, and coper groom bustles about like a besom in 

 a fit ; the " screws " are toweled from head to heel, and 

 the harness is brought from the saddle-room ; all this 

 strengthens the opinion of the victim, that he is in for 

 a cheap deal, and he asks coper coachman a few ques- 

 tions, but that worthy is sorry he cannot stay ; " being 

 ordered at three, he must go and dress, but if the gentle- 

 man could come down again in the morning, he could 

 see them go ;" but suddenly recollecting himself, he 

 added, " Why not see them now, while they are in the 

 carriage ?" 



The victim consents, and away coachee hies, to prepare 

 coper A 1, and to don the hired livery (which forms a 

 part of the working plant of a London chaunter of the 

 better class). This done, he is sharply back at the sta- 

 ble, jjjhe horses are put to the carriage. 



