"Perfect!" lisped a third.
"Quite full, Miss, inside and out," replied the coachman.
"Surely you could make room for one," persevered the fair applicant.
"Quite impossible, without the young gentlemen's consent."
"Lots of room," cried the insides; "we are not very large; we can manage to take one more."
"If the gentlemen consent," replied the driver, "I can have no objection."
"We agree," said the inside quartette.
"All right," responded the coachman.
The fare was paid, and the guard proceeded to open the door, and let down the steps.
"Now, Miss, if you please; we are behind our time."