"Explain," I said.
"Well," he continued, "when I was there this morning I watched a sparrow popping in and out of a nest built in a niche in the stonework over the north door."
MANNERS AND MODES.
THEN AND NOW.
From an Early-Victorian "Etiquette for Gentlemen."— "A gentleman cannot be too careful to avoid stepping on a lady's dress when about to get in or out of a carriage."