Audiobook Dictation: “John Merrick, of Portland; and each…”

John Merrick, of Portland"; and each one bowed profoundly and declared he was "highly honored." Yet Uncle John seemed in no way elated by this reception. "It's John Merrick" passed from mouth to mouth, and the uniformed official strutted from one window to another, saying: "I showed him in myself. But Uncle John waived it aside disdainfully. In a moment the great Broadway crowd had swallowed up John Merrick, and five minutes later he was thoughtfully gazing into a shop window again. By and bye he bethought himself of the time, and took a cab uptown. Do you know you're ten minutes late?" "I'm sorry," he said, humbly; "but it's a long way here from downtown." "Didn't you take a car?"