The Suburban Bus

The Suburban Bus

Engraving

Fun (11 September 1872): 112

Irate Old Gentleman: — “It’s positively disgraceful, creeping and crawling along int his manner; stopping at public houses for glasses of ale ———”

Driver (unmoved): — “You’ve got a lot to holler about, you have; why, you’ve had a hour and three-quarters’s ride for sixpence, and now you’re not satisfied. Why, if you’d taken a cab, he’s a charged you five bob.”

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