They darted with all speed into the Strand; got a coach.

Sir Charles, on the box, gave Jehu a guinea, and took the reins--and by a Niagara of whipcord they attained Lambeth; and at length, to his delight, Pomander saw another coach before him with a gold-laced black slave behind it.

The coach stopped; and the slave came to the door.

The shop in question was a few hundred yards distant.

The adroit Sir Charles not only stopped but turned his coach, and let the horses crawl back toward London; he also flogged the side panels to draw the attention of Mr.Vane.That gentleman looked through the little circular window at the back of the vehicle, and saw a lady paying the coachman.