"Showing off the tweed, sir; what the gentry wants is something singular to catch the eye, sir--and clean in their habits, sir!" So they display their tortoises.
At Mudie's corner in Oxford Street all the red and blue beads had run together on the string.

The motor omnibuses were locked.

Mr.Spalding going to the city looked at Mr.Charles Budgeon bound for Shepherd's Bush.

The proximity of the omnibuses gave the outside passengers an opportunity to stare into each other's faces.

Yet few took advantage of it.