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Updated: June 24, 2025
He stood silent a moment looking down with one of his quaint, impersonal looks. "Well, sir," then he said slowly, "it ain't your order, but you look a whole lot more like a feller that would order Spanish omelette than like a feller that would order Hamburger steak." For the first time the man turned about, flung his arm over his chair-back, and looked up at Dickie. In fact, he stared.
An escritoire, drawn near a window, was heaped with papers and with writing appliances of all sorts, and all elegant. There were many little tables covered with books and baskets of crewels and silks, and easy-chairs of every description. Every chair-back and little stand had some quaint piece of lace-work or linen-work thrown over it.
Then the three ladies and the one man have grouped composed themselves for reasonable chat. He is in his invalid chair by special edict, at the window, and the two visitors face him half-flanking it. His sister leans over him behind on the chair-back.
He held out a square paper packet; and while I turned it over curiously in my hand, the first letter I had ever seen, he took some loose tobacco from an outside pocket and proceeded leisurely to fill his pipe. My mother rolled my father's chair forward into the open doorway, and stood close behind him, as was her custom, one arm resting lightly upon the quaintly carved chair-back.
Then the head turned round and faced Patty, with rolling eyes and a weird grimace. But Patty looked so astounded and frightened that the face broke into a reassuring smile, and Nan's voice said: "Why, Patty, don't be scared; it's only I. Didn't you know I wore a wig? There it is, on that chair." And sure enough, there was Nan's mop of frizzed, flaxen hair hanging on a chair-back.
She did not look up, but let him make several failures to light his cigar, and damn the matches under his breath, before she pushed the drop-light to him in silent suggestion. As he leaned over her chair-back to reach its chimney with his cigar in his mouth, she said, "You're all right, Alan."
This made Malcolmson more than ever eager to strike, and the book flew and struck the rat a resounding blow. It gave a terrified squeak, and turning on his pursuer a look of terrible malevolence, ran up the chair-back and made a great jump to the rope of the alarm bell and ran up it like lightning. The lamp rocked under the sudden strain, but it was a heavy one and did not topple over.
And you, with your beautiful handwriting, you'll just be invaluable to her! And your German and I'll bet you'll just have them all adoring you !" "Oh, Ju, if I only can do it!" burst from Margaret, with a little childish gasp. She was sitting back from the table, twisted about so that she sat sideways, her hands clasped about the top bar of her chair-back.
When he had drained a large glass of light, sweet wine, he felt peacefully at ease, and resting his head on the chair-back closed his eyes. After this he was conscious of nothing until Dick said: "It's not worth while to go to sleep." "Not worth while?" Jake grumbled drowsily. "I was awake all last night. It's quiet and cool here and I can't stand for being broiled outside."
I know they will, if you will only try to like them," whispered the sister, smiling, and nodding over the chair-back as she came on, adding aloud, "Such a punctual party! I am all ready, however, and we will sit down at once. This is my brother Thornton, and we are all going to be very good friends by-and-by. Here 's the droll dog, Thorny; isn't he nice and curly?"
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