Vidal Gore — Eighteen Seventy [139]

Everywhere crowds of vehicles—carts, barouches, victorias, brightly painted horsecars, not to mention other and more sinister kinds of transport: when we crossed Sixth Avenue at Cornelia Street, I gasped and Emma gave a cry, as a train of cars drawn by a steam engine hurtled with deafening sound over our heads at thirty miles an hour! — Vidal Gore, Eighteen Seventy, 139

Note

The use of sensory details in this passage captivates the reader’s imagination by painting a dynamic scene through sound, motion, and visual elements. The phrase ‘hurdled with deafening sound’ combines urgency and chaos, allowing readers to feel the momentary danger alongside the characters, while the ‘miniature comets’ metaphor adds a whimsical yet threatening quality.