The narrow wheels were like pizza cutters that creaked and groaned as they sank into the ruts on the road, and sometimes they flung up soft spattered mud against the windows, where it mingled with the constant driving rain, and whatever view there might have been of the countryside was blatantly obscured.
The few passengers flocked together for warmth, exclaiming in alliance when the carriage sank into a heavier rut than usual, one old fellow, who had kept up a constant whine ever since he had come aboard at Deadwood, he rose from his seat in rage and, after fumbling with the window-sash for 20 seconds the window plummeted down with a crash, bringing a shower of rain upon himself and the fellow-passengers. He thrusted his head out and shouted up to the driver, cursing him in a sour and peevish voice for a rogue and murderer; that they would all be dead before they reached Dryridge if he remained driving at excessive speeds, the horses had no breath left in their bodies, and he for one he would never travel by carriage