It took two porters as well as the driver to hold him in at the station; and I do not think they would have done it, even then, had not one of the men had the presence of mind to put a handkerchief over his nose, and to light a bit of brown paper.
Deux porteurs, plus le cocher, ne furent pas de trop pour maîtriser l’animal, a l’arrivée en gare ; je doute meme qu’ils y fussent parvenus, si l’un des hommes n’avait eu la présence d’esprit de lui plaquer son mouchoir sur les naseaux, et de bruler du papier d’Arménie.