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He came back to London to find that his host, with a mingled air of pride and reverence, was extending toward him a small, dingy-looking something. He took it and looked at it. That, apparently, was what he was meant to do. So far, all was well. "Ah!" he said that blessed word; covering everything! He repeated it, pleased at his ready resource. "A Cheops of the Fourth Dynasty," said Mr.
It was not until the afternoon of the 18th of August that he found himself at the door of No. 14, Tarragon-street. It was a dingy-looking house in a dismal-looking street. Hugo shivered a little as he pulled the tarnished bell-handle. "How can people live in streets like this?" he said to himself, with a slight contemptuous shrug of his shoulders. "Mr.
He was, however, quite sure that this unprovoked assault concealed some motive with which at present he was unacquainted. The police led their prisoners through the doorway of a dingy-looking old house, and then Andre saw that he was not at the regular police-station. The whole party entered an office, where a superintendent and two clerks were at work.
A somewhat dingy-looking apartment house stood upon the corner; its lower floor occupied by a florist's shop. The entrance was on 96th Street. Leaving Leary on the opposite corner, she crossed the street and entered the vestibule of the building. The mail boxes on either side contained five names each, indicating that there were ten apartments in the building.
It was exactly noon as I sounded my loud and now well-known summons at the major's knocker. The door was quickly opened; but instead of dashing up-stairs, four steps at a time, as was my wont, to the drawing-room, I turned short into the dingy-looking little parlor on the right, and desired Matthew, the venerable servitor of the house, to say that I wished particularly to see Mrs.
Putting our sights to about 250 yards, we fired both together, with the best intentions, but indifferent results; for they all scampered off apparently untouched, and we again resumed our march. Our encamping ground we found situated among a shady grove of fir-trees, with a mountain-torrent running beneath, bridged over, as far as we could see, with dingy-looking fields of snow and ice.
I can't go up just now; but you may tell my wife that I sent you, and it will be all right." Dyke Darrel sauntered down past several dingy-looking dwellings until he came to the house of Mr. Bragg. It was really the most respectable dwelling in the place, which could not have been famous for its fine residences. The aspect about was not calculated to prepossess one in favor of the country.
Here the road turned sharply, and the horse went on. But after a few paces it stopped as before; this time in front of a small public-house, where trembling, and bathed in perspiration, it waited for its master. The public-house was a small dark, dingy-looking hovel, with a reputation fitted to its appearance.
On the corner of the street, and directly opposite from where the detective stood, was a low, dingy-looking frame building, with the name of Union House painted across the front. "Here we are," said Manning to himself, "and we will soon ascertain if Mr. King is about." So saying he crossed the street and entered the office or waiting-room of the hostelry.
There was a brass clock on the chimney-piece, and there were a number of rather dingy-looking volumes in the bookcase, while the floor under the table was piled with quartos and thick octavos, which looked like books of reference. An old leathern despatch box, much the worse for wear, stood on the table. Ornaments, pictures, or photographs there were none.
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