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After the rather scantily furnished pocket-case which contained these instruments was exhausted, the physician turned to his saddle-bags, and produced various phials, filled with liquids of the most radiant colors.
I am surrounded by discretion. We will not now pursue the subject further. Will you oblige me, my good Miss P., by preparing the pocket-case which I give Lady Harcourt today." The hint was an order. I respectfully retired at once, leaving Her Majesty almost concealed in the cloud of powder which was casting about her headdress.
The Doctor pulled over a pocket-case of loose papers, and at last found one, which he handed his companion. "I give you three quarters of an hour to get back," he said. "I will stay here till then, at all events. Do not waste any time nor spare any eloquence," he added to himself, as Richard hurried from the room.
Sitting alone under the trees, he had taken a sheet of paper from his pocket-case and was writing by the light of the rising moon. One letter was short and easily written, for with a few words he had brought it to a close, then folded and in a bold and vigorous hand addressed it.
If you had been in my place you would have known before I did that Manderson's little pocket-case was there. As soon as I saw it, of course, I remembered his not having had it about him when I asked for money, and his surprising anger. He had made a false step. He had already fastened his note-case up with the rest of what was to figure as my plunder, and placed it in my hands. I opened it.
When he had looked the second time he had discovered that there were many. With a sudden pang Peter realised that he was getting to be an old man. He took a picture from a pocket-case and looked at that. Was she getting to be an old woman? It was fearful what a difference that little thought suddenly made. A moment ago he had had the eternities before him.
Again a silence intervened, and in the midst of it the senator sat up and began to feel half-absently in his pockets for a cigar. Blount offered his own pocket-case, following it with the tender of a lighted match. With the cigar going, the Honorable David settled back in the deep chair, chuckling thoughtfully.
"In this pocket-case book, you will observe that I have taken Mrs. Barton's symptoms very carefully and minutely: "1. A fearful and apprehensive state of mind. She cannot tolerate being left alone. Intolerable thirst for cold water. Drinks often, and but a sip or two at a time. The pains are very sharp, lancinating, and burning.
Any little unusual occurrence at Court causes comment, and I was obliged to meet the questioning gaze of the ladies in attendance with composure. I mentioned that Her Majesty had given me directions about Lady Harcourt's pocket-case, and said no more.
Thereon was scribbled a figure which might have been 6 or 4. "I see," said Beale, "now the other pocket you understand English, my friend?" Stupidly the man obeyed. A leather pocket-case came from an inside pocket and this Beale opened. Therein was a small packet which resembled the familiar wrapper of a seidlitz powder.
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