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I'll stop it, sir," said George, maintaining an admirable presence of mind in the crisis, and he rose and pushed down the knob of the signal-rod at the back of the bus. The bus did actually stop.
"Ah!" murmured the Major, calmed.
The soldier raced upstairs.
"Hall!"
"Yessir."
"Do you know a rope and string shop near the Granville Theatre of Varieties at Walham Green?"
"No, sir."
"Well, there is one. Tell him to stop at the Granville."
"Yessir."