When Mr. Wharton left the city, he was one of the very few who maintained the state of a carriage; and, at the time Miss Peyton and his daughters joined him in his retirement, they had been conveyed to the cottage in the heavy chariot that had once so imposingly rolled through the windings of Queen Street, or emerged, with somber dignity, into the more spacious drive of Broadway.
Mielőtt elköltözött volna a városból, Mr. Wharton egyike volt ama keveseknek, akik hintót tartottak; s amikor leányai Miss Peytonnal együtt követték vidéki magányába, ez a súlyos alkotmány hozta ki őket, amely egykor a kanyargós Queen Streeten oly imponálóan gördült végig, vagy a Brodway szélesebb útján bukkant fel komor méltósággal.