"'Give her to me,' said I, 'and jump up and take the reins; go on as quickly as you can.'
"I took the girl into my arms, and handed her into the back part of the chaise, while he jumped up, and drove away. I placed the young girl in an easy position upon some hay, and stuffed the clothes under her, so as to prevent the jolting from hurting her.
"'Well,' said I, 'you may as well come back here, and sit beside her: she is all right. You seem rather in a stew.'
"'Well, I have run with her in my arms, and altogether it has flurried me.'
"'You had better have some brandy,' said I.
"'No, no! don't stop.'
"'Pooh, pooh!' I replied, pulling up, 'here is the last house we shall come to, to have a good stiff tumbler of hot brandy and water. Come, have you any change—about a sovereign will do, because I shall want change on the road? Come, be quick.'
"He handed me a sovereign, saying—
"'Don't you think it's dangerous to stop—we may be watched, or she may wake.'
"'Not a bit of it. She snores too loudly to wake just now, and you'll faint without the cordial; so keep a good look-out upon the wench, and you will recover your nerves again.'