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 the passengers said there was only room for one, so the coachman caught up little Susan and put her on the box with him, saying to her mother, "Please to get in, madam, I'll take care of your little girl." But she said "No, I shall not trust my child out of my sight; please to lift her down." The man persisted in it that she would be safe enough, but her mother was not to be persuaded, she said "No, if you have not room for us both in your coach, we will wait for the next one." The man very sullenly lifted Susan down, and drove on.

Another coach soon came, in which