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But if he liked good cheer and a great way of living, he is never to be imagined as clinking cans with a "Hey for Cavaliers! Ho for Cavaliers!" He never fought for the King's cause though he fought a duel in Paris with a French lord who took Charles's name in vain, and killed his man too. His rôle was always the intellectual one.
He glided silently on one foot half across the room, and seeming not to notice the chairs was dashing straight at them, when suddenly, clinking his spurs and spreading out his legs, he stopped short on his heels, stood so a second, stamped on the spot clanking his spurs, whirled rapidly round, and, striking his left heel against his right, flew round again in a circle.
There were certain mysterious preliminaries, the rustling of singing-book leaves, the sliding of the short screen-curtains before the singers along by their clinking rings, and now and then a premonitory groan or squeak from bass-viol or violin, as if the instruments were clearing their throats; and finally the sudden uprising of that long row of heads in the "singing-seats."
Turning into an inn, I fell into conversation with a postman, who made me the offer of his company during the remainder of the journey. I readily assented, and gave him a glass of absinthe his favourite drink before leaving. He did not need it, for, as he confessed, he had been clinking glasses with unusual zeal that day.
A man I know is building himself a bungalow out here. He and his wife will be just as happy as a pair of wood pigeons at least they think so." "I heard a trowel clinking." "Yes, I lend a hand sometimes when the workmen are gone. But think of it to turn your back on civilization and make yourself a home in a desert!" "Might do worse if you've got no ambitions."
There was a gentle, subdued murmur of conversation all over the house, the sociable clinking of teacups and teaspoons, while the entertainment was going on. It seemed to me such an odd idea, I could not help wondering what sort of a teapot that must be in which all this tea for two thousand people was made.
They ran down out of their fair white houses, and streamed through the copper gate; the throbbing of the tambang and the tittibuk suddenly ceased with the note of the Zootibar, and the clinking kalipac stopped a moment after. The three strange travellers went back the way they came the instant their message was given.
Her companion made her no reply; but leaned on every little cross-bar, which cracked and gave way beneath her. Then she pressed with all her strength against the shutter. She had thought the wooden buttons would give way, but by the clinking sound she knew that the iron bar had been put across. She was quite quiet for a time.
The captain saluted, and began to walk backwards, the rowels of his spurs clinking, while his armour crackled loudly as he made his way; but before he was half the distance towards the door he was brought up short by the royal thunder which exploded with one sharp crack about his ears. "Stop! At eight to-morrow let the outer court be filled with my archers of the guard and my horses ready.
He brought me a tall tumbler of whiskey and soda, with ice clinking deliciously in it; and I drank it and felt better. "That's good," I remarked. "I haven't had anything since I breakfasted with you, forgot all about it till now. You see I happened to find the poor chap Cassavetti when I ran up to say good-bye to him."
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