and she begins ashoving on of her hat in front of the glass, and she was down in two ticks, almost as quick as I was, and I seed her going down the steps and into the taxi, and I heard her call out what I told you." The small boy stopped and replenished his lungs.
The small boy talked so much that he started to get short on breath.
The small boy was much slower than the woman was, he missed seeing her step into the cab.