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Around her neck she ties a small plain kerchief of white muslin, and, as it is not allowed her to mount the scaffold with uncovered head, she puts on it the round linen hood which the peasant-women used to wear. Black stockings cover her feet, and over them she draws shoes of black woollen stuff. Her toilet is now ended earthly things have passed away!
Traverse withdrew from the window, hurriedly completed his toilet, and hastened down-stairs, where he soon found himself face to face with Herbert, who warmly grasping his hand, exclaimed: "You here, old friend? Why, I thought you were down in East Feliciana, with your interesting patient!" "It is for the interest of that 'interesting patient' that I am here, Herbert!
I have a necktie the only really saucy thing about the whole of my wardrobe, the only distinguishing smartness to my toilet upon which Bee has fixed her affection, and which she means to get away from me. I don't know how I came to buy it in the first place. However, I sha'n't have it long. Bee is bargaining for it that means that we are going to Baden-Baden.
And now these windows, you see how dirty they are; wash those inside and out, but don't disturb the agents' signs; you understand?" "Yes, I understand." "Now come out here into the kitchen. Look at these laundry tubs and that sink. See all that grease! Clean that all out, and underneath the sink here. See that rubbish! Take that out, too. Now in here look at that bathtub and toilet.
The "window," which was not more than a foot in diameter faced toward the east and gave a view of earthworks, and the region beyond, where the Union army stood. The room itself contained but little, a cot, some blankets, clothing, and articles of the toilet. "Mason," said Woodville, "make yourself as comfortable as you can here.
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Her toilet, after the journey, took her two hours or more to accomplish; it was dark at five o'clock and snowing heavily when tea was served. She tasted it, then, unable to subdue her restlessness, went to the telephone; and after a long delay, heard the voice she tremblingly expected: "Is that you, Jack?" she asked. "Yes." "H-how are you?" "Not very well."
However, that had gone; and he watched the supple hands in the crisp coarse mass of her hair with a sense of adventure lingering faintly from his earlier youth: he was, in very correct clothes, holding his hat and stick and gloves, idling through the toilet of a celebrated dancer and beauty.
The darkness had been only for my eyes, then? Certainly I had seemed to see light withdrawn from the lamps. I mastered a tremor of the nerves, and covered it by stroking Bagheera, who sat on a hall chair making an after-dinner toilet with tongue and paw. "Well, take care of Phil," I repeated, evading argument. He detained me. "The young lady might not come if there were two people, Mr. Locke.
But first I'll put on my coat and go to heaven." "Had you not better postpone that till the end of your brilliant career as an inventor and a lover?" "No; I thirst for heaven, and I'll drink it." So he made his toilet, thanked and blessed the good doctor, and off to Woodbine Villa. Grace Carden saw him coming, and opened the door to him herself, red as scarlet, and her eyes swimming.
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