W. Pett Ridge

“ And here they are bundling out of the railway trucks and tipping over and over as though they had nearly learnt to walk, but had not quite got the trick of it, with noisy porters and noisy carmen, who begin the day with a shout on their highest note and their strongest language, like reckless operatic singers; so that if a situation occurs later in the day requiring a loud voice and expressive adjectives, they find themselves able only to speak in a hoarse whisper, and to repeat words that have become almost worn out. ”

“ Bustle and traffic within the roof-covered depot where offerings from the continent of Europe are received with railway trucks being rapidly unloaded, cases being checked and insistent carmen demanding them without a moment's hesitation, because London waited, and London is an impatient town that will brook no sort of delay, accustomed, as it is, to having its lightest wants supplied on the instant. ”

“ London desires to give away watches, and busy little Switzerland serves a few tons before the wording of the request is completed; the attention of Germany is ever alert and deferential to the point of irksomeness. ”