[At the Back of the North Wind by George MacDonald]@TWC D-Link bookAt the Back of the North Wind CHAPTER XVII 11/14
But to think we should have fallen upon you, of all the cabmen in London! I didn't know you had got a cab." "Well, you see, ma'am, I had a chance of buying the old horse, and I couldn't resist him.
There he is, looking at you, ma'am.
Nobody knows the sense in that head of his." The two ladies went near to pat the horse, and then they noticed Diamond on the box. "Why, you've got both Diamonds with you," said Miss Coleman.
"How do you do, Diamond ?" Diamond lifted his cap, and answered politely. "He'll be fit to drive himself before long," said his father, proudly. "The old horse is a-teaching of him." "Well, he must come and see us, now you've found us out.
Where do you live ?" Diamond's father gave the ladies a ticket with his name and address printed on it; and then Mrs.Coleman took out her purse, saying: "And what's your fare, Joseph ?" "No, thank you, ma'am," said Joseph.
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