Pelham Vol I by Edward Bulwer-lytton

I was in this terrible situation when the basket stopt. -- Oriental Tales -- History of the Basket.

We took our way to the street in which Madame Laurent resided. Meanwhile suffer me to get rid of myself, and to introduce you, dear Reader, to my friend, Monsieur Margot, the whole of whose adventures were subsequently detailed to me by the garrulous Mrs. Green.