We only just managed to finish on time by working at full stretch since first thing in the morning.

The Plaintiff muſt ſhew Cauſe either on the Merits, or upon filing Exceptions; if upon the Merits, the Court may put what Terms they pleaſe on him; as bringing in the Money, or paying it to the Parties, ſubject to the Order of the Court, …

After tea, the bright boys wash, clean their boots, and change into their “second-best” attire, and stroll forth, either to a picture palace or to the second house of the Balham Hippodrome; […]

To make like a deer caught in the headlights.