He could not come up to her because of the shop, so once a week she used to go down to him.

One did not ride ten miles for a penny in those days, and she found the fare from Holloway to Victoria and back a severe tax upon her purse.

The same 'bus that took her down at six brought her back at ten.

During the first journey the 'bus conductor stared at Amenda; during the second he talked to her, during the third he gave her a cocoanut, during the fourth he proposed to her, and was promptly accepted.

After that, Amenda was enabled to visit her cheesemonger without expense.
He was a quaint character himself, this 'bus conductor.