422 THE COACHING AGE. 



of the coaching and posting on it, and it was wonder- 

 ful how good people were in case of an accident. 

 A coach was upset in tlie village, and a French 

 lady was seriously hurt. Her husband and children 

 were with her. They could not speak a word of 

 English, and had very little money. The innkeeper 

 housed them all, and the whole village took the 

 matter up, and repaid the host like the Good Samari- 

 tan. Thackeray said, " We are all Good Samaritans, 

 barring the twopence ;" but our parish did not 

 stop short of that.' 



A bishop's chaplain, examining a candidate for 

 orders, told him to repeat the story of the Good 

 Samaritan, which he did correctly, winding up with 

 the twopence for the host, and the orthodox promise, 

 * When I ' come again I will repay thee ;' but here 

 he added on his own account, ' and this he said 

 knowing that he should see his face no more.' 



