Not once did he arrive at the end of the vision.

No! when he reached Barnes Station he could see the vision still stretching on and on; but, filled to the brim, he would get into an omnibus and return.

The omnibus awoke him to other issues: the omnibus was an antidote.

In the omnibus cleanliness was nigh to godliness.

On one pane a soap was extolled, and on another the exordium, "For this is a true saying and worthy of all acceptation," was followed by the statement of a religious dogma; while on another pane was an urgent appeal not to do in the omnibus what you would not do in a drawing-room.