Now," she added, turning to her companion on the seat, "you can git dap just as soon as you want to." Whether or not Mr.Bangs wanted to "git dap" is a doubtful question.

But at all events he did.

Before the astonished Miss Dawes could think of an answer to the observation concerning the diary, the carriage, its long unused axles shrieking protests, moved out of the yard.

The schoolmistress watched it go.

Then she returned to the sitting room and collapsed in a rocking chair.
Once out from the shelter of the house and on the open road, the sulky received the full force of the wind.