"'Tis not for me to lay down plans for other people," exclaimed Jerry,"but if they can't walk so far they can go to what is nearer;and if it should rain they can put on their mackintoshes as they doon a fortnight-day. If a thing is right it can be done, and if it is wrongit can be done without; and a good man will find a way.And that is as truthful for us cabmen as it is for the church-goers."

37 The Golden Rule

Two or three months after this, as we came into the yard rather latein the evening, Polly came running across the road with the lantern(she always brought it to him if it was not somewhat wet).