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For the rest, his deportment in all functions of butlership is best described as super-Chesterfieldian; and, indeed, he was generally known to be a byblow of Captain Beverley Musgrave's, who in his day was Lichfield's arbiter as touched the social graces. And so, no more of Pilkins. Mrs. Pendomer partook of chops. "Is this remorse," she queried, "or a convivially induced requirement for bromides?
Joseph shook his head; but whether denial of such a possibility was intended, or an expression of sympathy, he did not explain. "I hope," he said, with a somewhat laboured change of manner, "that the little ones are in good health." "Yes, thank you." Joseph pushed back his chair with considerable vigour, and passed the back of his hand convivially across his moustache.
For once the good parson was in a hurry, and moved as quickly and spoke as rapidly as his fellows; but never had there been so much excitement in his chapel since he had been its pastor. Once, I remember, he came to town, and dropped in at the close of a party rather convivially inclined, in the Old London Coffee House.
The first act of nearly every one who came in was to call for a glass of liquor; and sometimes the same individual drank two or three times in the course of half an hour, on the invitation of new comers who were convivially inclined. Most of those who came in were strangers to me.
Mighty good fellow, Hough, but a bit melancholy. Needs cheering up a bit now and then. Needed it badly to-night almost cried for it, in fact"; and the speaker smiled convivially. Hough extended his hand with elaborate formality. "Delighted to meet you," he managed to articulate. "Thank you," returned the other shortly. Sidwell meanwhile was bringing a third chair and glass.
Now, owing to the absence of proper discipline, our sick, in addition to what they took medicinally, often came in for their respective "tots" convivially; and, added to all this, the evening of the last day of the week was always celebrated by what is styled on board of English vessels "The Saturday-night bottles."
There was something peculiarly horrifying to him in the exhibition Randolph was making of himself. He'd never in his life taken a drink, except convivially, and then he took as little as would pass muster. He'd always found it hard to be sensibly tolerant of the things men said and did in liquor, even when their condition had overtaken them unawares.
Pink-shaded candles stood on the little table; also La France roses of Canning's purchasing; also glasses, three more of them brought as they took their seats. "Do you spurn your cocktail, Carlisle?" asked Canning, and when she convivially indicated that she didn't, he added, man to man: "How!" "How," said Cally.
The taunts flung at him as he stood on the Town Hall steps, the looks turned in his direction as he walked away with the convivially inclined barrister, the expression on the faces of the men in the big room at the Highmarket Arms all these things had stung him to the quick. He knew, whatever else he might have been, or was, he had proved a faithful servant to the town.
"Have you had any new arrivals at the Strawberry Bank lately?" she asked, conversationally; and the question was more relevant to the tabooed topic than Garth was likely to guess. He lived close to the hotel, and dined there when he felt convivially disposed. "Yes; two new fellows came up this week.
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