bed-neighbour

Updated: May 16, 2025

This mean little human specimen had been newsboy, seller of post cards, opener of cab doors, Jack of any little trade, the companion of pickpockets and other light-fingered gentry, also adored the good manners of bygone vestry days, the polished phrases, the benedictory gestures! When in hospital, chance had given him Hogshead Geoffrey for bed-neighbour.

Marcel Allain - A Nest of Spies