A little farce at a railway-station

A little farce at a railway-station

John Leech

1859

Wood engraving

Punch (16 July 1859): 23

Lady “I want One Ticket — First!”

Clerk. “Single?”

Lady “Single! What does it matter to you, Sir, whether I'm single or not! Impertinence!”

(Clerk explains that he meant Single or Return, not t'other thing.)

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