"The strange looking vehicle, with the coachman sitting on a box at the back of a hood that covered us, I learned later was a hansom cab." Part II, Chapter XXXIV. Illustration from "Sans Famille", written by Hector Malot in 1878. 1880 edition illustrated by Emile Bayard and published by Hetzel & Cie.

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