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Zibya, slipping the coin he had received into a wide leathern pouch which hung from his girdle, appeared to meditate a moment, then he replied: "If the truth must be told, most illustrious, there is nothing whatever to interest the minds of the cultured.
A little stair of five steps ascended from the landing to its red door that overlooked an ample yard of roofing, adorned with potted plants. The main room of the chalet where we ate our meals and sat and talked, of an evening, had the look of a ship's cabin. There were stationary seats along the wall covered with leathern cushions.
Retiring a few steps he tightened the belt about his waist, and drew his leathern jacket closer. "Get ready!" he cried. Joqard answered promptly and intelligently by standing up and facing him, and in sign of satisfaction with the prospect of an encounter so to his taste, he lolled the long red tongue out of his jaws. Was he licking his chops in anticipation of a feast or merely laughing?
Miss Ray's reclining-chair was so placed that by merely raising her head she could look out over the field. Mrs. Brent ran to where the colonel's field-glasses hung in their leathern case and joined the doctor at the gallery rail.
He rose, his face composed, and, in obedience to his master's gesture, put on the robe of a lay-brother, which was spread out upon the bed, and fastened the leathern girdle. When he was dressed he opened wide his arms and displayed himself, smiling to his master, who was gratified to see how dignified, how spiritually beautiful he was in that habit. "You did not understand?" said Benedetto.
If he gives you any message in answer, deliver it to me to-morrow, when my daughter is not here." "And the token?" inquired Zorzi. "This glass seal, of which he already has an impression in wax, in case he should doubt you." Zorzi took the little leathern bag which contained the seal.
On arriving at the door of the rector's house, which was not different from the others, I saw a man shoeing a horse, hammer in hand, and with a leathern apron on. "Sællvertu," said the hunter. "God dag," said the blacksmith in good Danish. "Kyrkoherde," said Hans, turning round to my uncle. "The rector," repeated the Professor. "It seems, Axel, that this good man is the rector."
The girth was the last as well as most important object of his solicitude. He loosed the buckles on both sides, and then tightened them, using his knees to effect his purpose. When drawn to his liking, the tip of the finger could not have been passed under the strong leathern band. No wonder he observed all this caution.
Feeling a stronger impulse towards spiritual contemplations than towards that mechanical profession, he left his master, and went about the country clothed in a leathern doublet, a dress which he long affected, as well for its singularity as its cheapness.
The passenger thrust his hand into his coat-pocket, and drew out what seemed a cigar-case, but what, in fact, was a leathern repertory, containing a variety of minute phials. From one of these phials he extracted two tiny globules. "There," said he, "open your mouth, put those on the tip of your tongue. They will lower the pulse, check the fever.
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