“Under these unpromising auspices, the parting took place, and the journey began. It was performed with suitable quietness and uneventful safety. Neither robbers nor tempests befriended them, nor one lucky overturn to introduce them to the hero. Nothing more alarming occurred than a fear, on Mrs. Allen's side, of having once left her clogs behind her at an inn, and that fortunately proved to be groundless.”

Mrs Allen, the doyenne of fashion, wears clogs! You have no idea what visions this brings into my mind! (well, Linden will have an idea….) I am astonished, to say the least! Does anyone have any pictures to show? Any descriptions?