[The History of Pendennis by William Makepeace Thackeray]@TWC D-Link bookThe History of Pendennis CHAPTER III 21/26
Mangy mutton, brutal beef; pudding on Thursdays and Sundays, and that fit to poison you.
Just look at my leader--did you ever see a prettier animal? Drove over from Baymouth.
Came the nine mile in two-and-forty minutes.
Not bad going, sir." "Are you stopping at Baymouth, Foker ?" Pendennis asked. "I'm coaching there," said the other, with a nod. "What ?" asked Pen, and in a tone of such wonder, that Foker burst out laughing, and said, "He was blowed if he didn't think Pen was such a flat as not to know what coaching meant." "I'm come down with a coach from Oxford.
A tutor, don't you see, old boy? He's coaching me, and some other men, for the little go.
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