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Thus, supposing the Queen asked for a glass of water, the servant of the chamber handed to the first woman a silver gilt waiter, upon which were placed a covered goblet and a small decanter; but should the lady of honour come in, the first woman was obliged to present the waiter to her, and if Madame or the Comtesse d'Artois came in at the moment, the waiter went again from the lady of honour into the hands of the Princess before it reached the Queen.
William approached, him nearer, and made a feint of accidentally knocking the table with a decanter, to rouse him. The moment he succeeded, he went on, as if in great alacrity of acquiescence. "Yes, sir! That's just what I say myself, sir. Mrs. William and me have often said so. 'There's Swidgers enough, we say, 'without OUR voluntary contributions, Butter.
"Well if you won't " 'Bias stretched out a slow arm, filled his glass, and set down the decanter beside his own dessert plate. "You'll find those apples pretty good," he went on, sipping the wine, "though not up to the Cox's Orange Pippins or the Blenheim Oranges that come along later." He smacked his lips. "You'd better try this port wine.
The judge recovered himself first, and quickly filled his glass, leaving but one more measure in the decanter. This measure Yancey immediately emptied into his own person, as perhaps the only place where it would be entirely safe from the treacherous thirst of the judge.
He poured out the liquor into a glass, left the decanter there, and took the whisky into the library across the hall. Then he broke into a desk, using a paper knife for a jimmy." "Good Lord, Hotchkiss," I exclaimed; "why, it may have been Sullivan himself! Confound your theories he's getting farther away every minute." "It was Sullivan," Hotchkiss returned imperturbably. "And he has not gone.
My grand-uncle pushed the decanter of brown sherry: a stout old-fashioned decanter, with shoulders almost as square as his own, and a silver chain about them bearing a silver label not unlike the badge and collar which he himself wore on full ceremonial occasions. "Three times round the world," he said, "and as yet only twice around the table. You must do it justice, gentlemen."
"The horses is feeding, Mr. Hotspur," said the man. Every word the man spoke was gravely spoken, and George understood perfectly that he was held to have done a very wicked thing in coming to Humblethwaite. Nevertheless, there was a decanter full of sherry, which, as far as it went, was an emblem of kindness.
"Of course I want you myself, Honor. I want you horribly, unbearably, but I do honestly feel it's wrong for you to marry Jimsy King." "But, Carter see how nearly his father won out! Every one says that if his mother had lived And his Uncle Richard! He's absolutely free from it, now. And the very look of Jimsy is enough to show you " But Carter had turned and was staring moodily at the decanter.
This table also bore a tray with crackers and sandwiches and a decanter of sherry, which genially intimated hospitable forethought. The bed was a big four-poster, which no be-dizenment could bring within the fashion of the day.
But they told me that she would be there only between trains, and that she was deaf, and that I had an opportunity to save a fellow-being from ruin. So in the end I capitulated. When they opened the door into the living room, Max Reed had arrived and was helping to hide a decanter and glasses, and somebody said a cab was at the door. And that was the way it began.
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