The narrator is out on a walk with his grandfather when he sees a man in a carriage pass by. The narrator tries to get the man to stop the carriage, but it doesn't work. The man runs off to get help, and the narrator is left wondering what's wrong. He wonders if the man's wife is his mistress, and he wonders if there's a smell coming from the carriage. He asks his grandfather if the smell comes from the woman in question, and his grandfather tells him that it's not the woman's smell that's causing the smell, but from the man in question. The grandfather tells the narrator that the man just bumped into them, and that he's going to have to get away with it. He tries to brake the car, but the man won't stop, so the narrator runs off. He thinks the man caught a flying taxi, and wonders if they're in a comedy movie set. He's glad that