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It boasted, for instance, no garage; no refrigerating system maddened those dependent upon it; a dissipated electric lighting system never went out of nights, because it had never been installed; no brass-bound hall-boy lounged in desuetude upon the stoop and took too intimate and personal an interest in the tenants' correspondence.
'E is very clean about 'imself" she spoke as if it was a fact to be proud of, and Sylvia could not help smiling. "I suppose there are still many French houses without a bath-room," she said. "Yes," said Madame Wachner quickly, "the French are not a clean people," she shook her head scornfully. "I suppose you keep your money in that box?" said Sylvia, looking at the brass-bound trunk. "No, indeed!
Innocent rose, and moved to a corner, where she lifted out of a recess a small quaintly made oaken casket, brass-bound, with a heavy lock. Mr. Bayliss looked at it with a certain amount of curiosity. "The key?" he suggested "I believe the late Mr. Jocelyn always wore it on his watch-chain." Robin got up and went to the mantelpiece.
Madame Saratoff showed them all the rooms, into which men were putting some furniture she had bought in the neighborhood old armoires and brass-bound chests of black oak as well as some modern iron beds and dressing-tables. Milly admired the peaceful gray manoir, and Bragdon observed as they retraced their way alone through the lanes: "That woman has a lot of energy in her!
Political leaders, Trust-bred and Trust-fed, find it harder and harder to conceal their actual character. The brass-bound collar of privilege has become plain upon their necks for all men to see. They are known for what they are, and their time is short.
He extolled the sky, the seas, the ships, and the easy life of the Far East. The Nan-Shan, he affirmed, was second to none as a sea-boat. "We have no brass-bound uniforms, but then we are like brothers here," he wrote. "We all mess together and live like fighting-cocks. . . . All the chaps of the black-squad are as decent as they make that kind, and old Sol, the Chief, is a dry stick.
Carefully over the high brass-bound step on to the rubber mat and then down such a terribly steep flight of stairs that grandma had to put both feet on each step, and Fenella clutched the clammy brass rail and forgot all about the swan-necked umbrella. At the bottom grandma stopped; Fenella was rather afraid she was going to pray again. But no, it was only to get out the cabin tickets.
There were no personal trifles left in the hut, however, and indeed it was plain that weeks had passed since there had been any one about. No one responded to our shouts and calls. "I turned my attention to the sloop. In the cabin, besides a few clothes, I found something that interested me very much a large brass-bound chest, of an antique type such as is common enough in my own country.
Times change, and nowadays a young man attired after his fashion would be laughable, but for his day he looked all over like a lady-killer, from his tasselled French cap to his pointed patent leathers. Behind him walked a valet, carrying a brass-bound mahogany box, a clumsy easel, and a camp-stool.
"Charlie, go to the house and bring some torches," said his master. Then to Richard: "We must get at the bottom of this. The ladies had better go it is nearly night." But the ladies would do nothing of the kind. Here was something that promised to be a mystery indeed. They remained till an iron, brass-bound box, not large but heavy, had been disinterred and with difficulty lifted to the surface.
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