Coaching days and coaching ways . < _1A V. s ?.hi1 w00m. -1^1 o.\ -^., I 77it Dorset Anus, East Grinstead. something of that rare romance of the roads hangs aboutthem still. The inn at East Grinstead, which is an un-usually fine specimen of its class, used formerly to becalled the Cat—but why it was so called it will not bewell too particularly to inquire—in fact, as Mr. SilasWegg would have said, In Mrs. Boffins presence, sir,we had better drop it. A token however was struckoff to perpetuate this title, which 1 have been shownthrough the courtesy of Mr. Tracy, the landlord of the 2i6. COAC
Coaching days and coaching ways . < _1A V. s ?.hi1 w00m. -1^1 o.\ -^., I 77it Dorset Anus, East Grinstead. something of that rare romance of the roads hangs aboutthem still. The inn at East Grinstead, which is an un-usually fine specimen of its class, used formerly to becalled the Cat—but why it was so called it will not bewell too particularly to inquire—in fact, as Mr. SilasWegg would have said, In Mrs. Boffins presence, sir,we had better drop it. A token however was struckoff to perpetuate this title, which 1 have been shownthrough the courtesy of Mr. Tracy, the landlord of the 2i6. COACHING DAYS AND COACHING WAYS house ; and a very rare and curious token it is, showing The Cat —the name of the town, and inn. All distinguished travellers on the Brighton Roadpulled up as a matter of course at the Dorset those whose names have been handed down ashabitual visitors, was Lord Liverpool, who always stayedat the Dorset Arms when on his way to visit theHarcourt seat near Buxted, and who has left a record ofhis impatience at da
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