i6o THE COACHING AGE. 



believe, lead to any disturbance, perhaps because the 

 gentleman picked up ' Joe's ' hat and returned it to 

 him. Walton didn't certainly look like a man to play 

 a practical joke on. 



Eobert Nelson himself was at times rather peculiar 

 and brusque to persons he came in contact with, but 

 he was not so rough as Joe Walton. 



For instance, a gentleman one day making a 

 complaint with respect to a coachman or guard. 

 Nelson closed the discussion by remarking that 

 if his coachman or guard was not fit for his 

 place, he wouldn't be there. On another occasion 

 a gentleman called to see him, when Nelson sent 

 word by his waiter that he was engaged ; so the 

 gentleman said he would stay till he was at liberty. 

 Not wishing to see him, Nelson went out ; and the 

 gentleman, after waiting about an hour, inquired of 

 the waiter again whether he was disengaged, when he 

 was told Mr. Nelson had gone out, so of course he 

 left. On Nelson's return, he said to the waiter, 

 * Well, Charles, how did jom get rid of your visitor V 

 Charles explaiued the circumstahces uitidfer which he 

 had left, not in the best of tempers. 



Although the name of the Belle Sauvage yard is 

 still preserved, all the buildings in the old yard have 

 been pulled down, and fine lofty warehouses erected 

 upon their site. 



