The " Hirondelle" started at a slow trot, and for about a mile stopped here and there to pick up passengers who waited for it, standing at the border of the road, in front of their yard gates.

燕子号开车时跑小步，前四分之三古里，总是走走停停，好让旅客上车；有些旅客站在大路边上，自家院子的栅栏门前，等候车来。