Shure, Larry was sent to meet the Postboy, uncle, and I'll be after taking you up the warm water; but Biddy maybe will not have come in from milking the cows, so if Dan Bourke is awake, and will give me the key of the cellar, mightn't I be bringing you up a glass of whisky?
"Paddy Finn"
W. H. G. Kingston
In works of art the value of contrast is well known, and a better example than the face of the Postboy offers to that of his questioner could not be imagined.
"John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1"
William Powell Frith
"Let the Postboy put up his horses, William," said Miss Martin, "and bring tea."
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever