United States or Algeria ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Diffendorfer. My companion at mention of his name sprang up, seized Cruthers's fingers as if he had been a long-lost brother, and pretty nearly shook his hand off. Cruthers said in reply: "'I'm very glad to meet you. If you're a friend of Marny's you're all right.
"When the bill was brought Diffendorfer turned his back to me, took out a roll of bills from his hip-pocket, and passed a new bank-note to Auguste with a contemptuous side wiggle of his forefinger and the remark in English in a tone intended for Auguste's ear alone: 'No change.
"'Yes, your name's Marny. "'What's yours? "'Mine's Diffendorfer. "'Where do you want to dine? "'Anywhere you say. How will the Quadri do? "'In a private room? I said this to see how he would take it. He still stood in the full glare of the lantern. "'No, unless you prefer. I would rather dine downstairs more people there. "'All right lead the way, I'll follow.
"Diffendorfer pushed past me and called out to Pietro, in a half-angry tone: "'No, don't you send it. I've got all the wine we'll want, turned on his heel, held his door open for me to pass in, and slammed it behind us.
They behaved precisely as if I had a girl in tow and wanted to be left alone. "This dinner was exactly like the first one. Diffendorfer ordered the same wine Valpocelli, '82, and ate each course that Auguste brought him, with only a word now and then about the weather, the number of people in Venice, and the dishes.
"I have seen a good many rooms in my time, but I must say this one took the breath out of me for an instant. The walls were hung in old tapestries, the furniture was of the rarest. There were three or four old armchairs that looked as if they had been stolen out of the Doge's Palace. "Diffendorfer continued punching away at the fire until it burst into a blaze.
Diffendorfer jumped to his feet on hearing the laughter, peered into the room, and, picking up his wet umbrella, said: "'Let's go in there more people. I followed him, and drew out another chair from a table opposite one at which Roscoff, Woods, and two or three of the boys were dining. They all nudged each other when we came in, and a wink went around, but they didn't speak.
The stranger must have read its meaning, for he rose quickly, and, with an embarrassed look on his face, left the room. "Wanted a quarter, perhaps," I suggested, laughing. "No, guess not. He's just a Diffendorfer. Always some of them round Sunday mornings. That's a new one, never saw him before. In town over night, perhaps." "What's a Diffendorfer?" "Did you never meet one?"
Kind makes you want to fall off a dock. Now, please drink my wine' and he pushed the bottle toward me 'I had a devil of a hunt for it, but I wanted to do something for you you couldn't do for yourself. "We fellows, I tell you, took charge of Diffendorfer after that, and a ripping good fellow he was.
You needn't worry about helping yourself; I've got a dozen bottles more. "I thought the game had gone far enough now, and I squared myself and faced him. "'See here, Mr. Diffendorfer, I said, 'before I take your wine I've got some questions to ask you. I'm going to ask them pretty straight, too, and I want you to answer them exactly in the same way. You have followed me round now for two weeks.
Word Of The Day