. Thackerayana;. s the good LadyMalign ! When I waited on her in Yorkshire, many a gown, andpetticoat, and smock have I gotten for telling her half so much;but, to be sure, some people think themselves wiser than all theworld ! Hold, hold, said Tom Blunt, the butler. Now, dye see, ifso be as how my lady is wrong, shell do you right; and if so beas how my lady is right, how like fools and ninnihammers willyou all look ! In vol. ii. we find Jack Connor resorting to the reputable pro-fession of gentleman of the road ; he plans his first stand-and-deliver venture in company with two experienced hi
. Thackerayana;. s the good LadyMalign ! When I waited on her in Yorkshire, many a gown, andpetticoat, and smock have I gotten for telling her half so much;but, to be sure, some people think themselves wiser than all theworld ! Hold, hold, said Tom Blunt, the butler. Now, dye see, ifso be as how my lady is wrong, shell do you right; and if so beas how my lady is right, how like fools and ninnihammers willyou all look ! In vol. ii. we find Jack Connor resorting to the reputable pro-fession of gentleman of the road ; he plans his first stand-and-deliver venture in company with two experienced is the popular spot selected for his debfit. Thither heproceeds in a post-chaise from Piccadilly, having arranged for hishorse in advance. Two circumstances favour him; he knows afamily in the neighbourhood, and he wears a surtout of a cloththat is blue on one side and red on the other, and that has no otherlining. In a blue coat with scarlet cuffs he orders wine, arranges fc* 86 THACKERA VAN a return post-chaise, and enquires the address of the people whose name he knows. He then departs, secures his horse, and turns his coat; he is behind-hand,and the coach just thencoming up, the two high-waymen lead the attack;one is shot, and the otherdisabled and escapes in the con-fusion, ties up his horse,turns his coat, and walks back to the inn for his post-chaise, which is delayed, one horse being wanting. The landlord enters. There now, said he, is two fine gentlemen that have made a noble kettle of fish of it this morning ! Bless me, my dear, said his wife, whats the matter ? f Not much; only a coach was stopped on the heath by three highwaymen, and two of em is now taken, and at the next inn. Dear sirs, said the landlady, tis the most preposteroustest thing in life that gentlefolks wont travel in post-chaises; and then theyre always safe from these fellows. Well, said the husband, I must send after the third, who escaped; Ill engage to find ou
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