Light, fast, sporty carriage with two wheels, a single bench for the driver and one passenger, and a folding leather hood supported by wooden arches. It was invented around 1820 and built in London by the Tilbury workshop, which gave it its name. In England it went out of fashion around 1850.
Where It Appears
- Chapters XLI to XLIX: The Night After the Garden
- Chapters LVIII to LXVII: The Atalaia, the Rescue, and Maria Benedita
- Chapters LXXVII to LXXXIX: Dreamed-of Marriage and Praia Formosa
- Chapters XC to CII: Suspicion and Rubião's Candidacy
Quotes
Tilbury was not a carriage
Chapters LVIII to LXVII: The Atalaia, the Rescue, and Maria Benedita, the narrator