"QUOUSQUE TANDEM?" OR, ONE AT A TIME.
Duologue in a Dog-cart.
Driver. Tc-c-c-h-k! Tc-c-c-h-k!!
Officious Friend. Steady there! Wo-o-o-a!!
Driver (aside). Confound the fellow! I wish he wouldn't fidget so.
Officious Friend (aside). He drive tandem? Wish he'd hand the ribbons to me!
Driver (aloud). Leader steps along, doesn't he?
Officious Friend (aloud). Ya-a-s. Bit too fast, I fancy. Forgets that the wheeler has to do the work.
Driver. Humph! Not so sure of that, in this case. Rather weedy, you know, and just a bit of a slug, if you ask me. I think they'd do better reversed—this journey, anyhow.