Barry Pain,
The Rout
(1907)
“ I say that your gross unwieldiness may be your misfortune, though it is more like to be the result of self-indulgence and excess. In any case, a person with that bulk should always be ready to apologise for it. It makes him a very great nuisance in a crowded carriage, even if he does his best not to inconvenience other people. You don't know how to get into a carriage and where to put your great feet. When you see two ladies are talking together, you have no business to sit between them——""Once more," said the bull-man, "will you shut your head? ”
