Both ready, and on their guard; Burke evidently waiting for Byrne to commence; but incautiously putting down his hands to wipe them on his drawers, Byrne, as quick as lightning, popped in a snorter.

In the backs of all our minds was the proud hope that somehow or other we should get there.

This I shall leave to the judgement of those, who have passed the Pikes, and know better then my self to speak the truth of it,

Paddington dates to 1838, although much of today's main line station is from 1854. And it is, of course, a Brunellian masterstroke.