They had forgotten what the piece was about by the time they reached their broughams.
"Prince Fortunatus"
William Black
Further over the Parsi men in almost European kit with their women folk sit in lines of victorias and broughams, and they are silhouetted against the glow of lamps on the lawn of the Yacht Club, under which the white women from the far North-West listen to music and have tea and iced drinks through straws.
"From Edinburgh to India & Burmah"
William G. Burn Murdoch
As he stood on the corner watching the familiar spectacle it occurred to him that many of the people driving by him in smart broughams and C-spring landaus were on their way to the Gildermere ball.
"The Greater Inclination"
Edith Wharton