Chapter 38

“Now then, Jack, my boy,” said he, “spin along, we'll show them how we can get over the ground, if we only know why.” It is always difficult to drive fast in the city in the middle of the day, when the streets are full of traffic, but we did what could be done; and when a good driver and a good horse, who understand each other, are of one mind, it is wonderful what they can do. I had a very good mouth--that is I could be guided by the slightest touch of the rein; and that is a great thing in London, among carriages…