text: " Such was the logical argument of the professor of the art of stepping in and out of a carriage who represented himself as much patronised by the sublime Beau Brummell whose deprecation of those horrid coach steps he would repeat with great delight:-- "Mr Brummell " he used to say "considered the sedan was the only vehicle for a gentleman it having no steps; and he invariably had his own chair which was lined with white satin quilted had down squabs and a white sheepskin rug at the bottom brought to the door of his dressing-room on that account always on the ground-floor from whence it was transferred with its owner to the foot of the staircase of the house that he condescended to visit