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postilion, postillion a person who rides the near horse of the leaders in order to guide a team of horses drawing a coach How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| D'Artagnan stopped the postilion who rode the pack-horse, at the corner of the Rue des Lombards, under a penthouse, and calling one of Planchet's boys, he desired him not only to take care of the two horses, but to watch the postilion; after which he entered the shop of the grocer, who had just finished supper, and who, in his little private room, was, with a degree of anxiety, consulting the calendar, on which, every evening, he scratched out the day that was past. No doubt the order had been given the postilion beforehand, for Aramis had no occasion even to make a sign. The postilion started, the carriage wheels rattled. |
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