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Sketches by Boz

CHAPTER XVI--OMNIBUSES
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His great boast is, 'that he can chuck an old gen'lm'n into the buss, shut him in, and rattle off, afore he knows where it's a-going to'-- a feat which he frequently performs, to the infinite amusement of every one but the old gentleman concerned, who, somehow or other, never can see the joke of the thing.
We are not aware that it has ever been precisely ascertained, how many passengers our omnibus will contain.

The impression on the cad's mind evidently is, that it is amply sufficient for the accommodation of any number of persons that can be enticed into it.

'Any room ?' cries a hot pedestrian.

'Plenty o' room, sir,' replies the conductor, gradually opening the door, and not disclosing the real state of the case, until the wretched man is on the steps.

'Where ?' inquires the entrapped individual, with an attempt to back out again.


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