His coachman being already drunk, he was accompanied by a second man, who undertook to drive until Jehu had got over the effect of his potations.
I myself have always regarded Queen's messengers as superior beings, to be addressed with awe, and whose progress no one would venture to arrest.

Such, however, was not the opinion of the National Guards who were on duty at the gate through which Messenger Johnson sought to leave this beleagured town.

In vain Messenger Johnson showed his pass; in vain he stated that he was a free-born Briton and a Queen's messenger.

These suspicious patriots ignored the pass, and scoffed at the _Civis Romanus_.

In fact, I tremble as I write it, several of them said they felt somewhat inclined to shoot any Briton, and more particularly a Queen's Messenger, whilst others proposed to prod Messenger Johnson with their bayonets in his tenderest parts.