I was lookin' aht for fares.

Jack, my mate, sawr it too." The conductor thus appealed to confirmed the statement.

They both described the assailant as very like his would-be victim in size, appearance, and garments.
Jack said he could do nothing, because the sudden swerving of the 'bus, the fall of the horse, and the instant gathering of a crowd, prevented him from making the attempt to grab the other man, who vanished, he believed, down Whitehall.
"You did not tell the police about the assault ?" inquired Brett.
"Not me, guv'nor," said the driver.

"The poor chap in the road was not much 'urt.

I knew that, though the mob thort 'e was a dead 'un.