candy-and-cigar

Updated: May 17, 2025

A clerk came out of the office, peered about in the half light for a moment, and approached the Judge, touching him on the shoulder. "Judge Black," he said, "Truesdale wants to talk to you on the 'phone." Five minutes later the legal luminary came out of the telephone box. He was swearing earnestly, but softly, out of deference to the candy-and-cigar girl. He walked slowly across the office.

Merwin-Webster - The Short Line War