Quote#Friendship
It was Saturday morning, and of course all fashionable Melbourne was…
Quote byFergus Hume · 1859–1932
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Mystery of a Hansom Cab, Ch. 10.
English (original)
It was Saturday morning, and of course all fashionable Melbourne was doing the Block. With regard to its "Block," Collins Street corresponds to New York's Broadway, London's Regent Street and Rotten Row, and to the Boulevards of Paris. It is on the Block that people show off their new dresses, bow to their friends, cut their enemies, and chatter small talk.
— Fergus Hume
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