He  would  take  a  post-chaise ;  he  would  call  a  hack-
ney-coach ;  he  would  take  four  horses ;  he  must  —
he  would — be  on  the  north  side  to-day;  and  all
the  expense  of  his  journey,  besides  damages,  di-
rect and  consequential,  arising  from  delay,  should
be  accumulated  on  the  devoted  head  of  Mrs.
Macleuchar.
There  was  something  so  comic  in  his  pettish  re-
sentment that  the  younger  traveller,  who  was  in
no  such  pressing  hurry  to  depart,  could  not  help
being  amused  with  it,  especially  as  it  was  obvious
that  every  now  and  then  the  old  gentleman,  though
very  angry,  could  not  help  laughing  at  his  own
vehemence.  But  when  Mrs.  Macleuchar  becjan
also  to  join  in  the  laughter,  he  quickly  put  a
stop  to  her  ill-timed  merriment.
