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Walking along the Strand one evening last year towards Pall Mall, I was accosted near Charing Cross Station by a strange-looking, middle-aged man in a poor suit of clothes, who surprised and startled me by asking if I could tell him from what inn the coach usually started for York.
"Dear me! " I said, a little puzzled. "I didn't know there was a coach to York. Indeed, I'm almost certain there isn't one."