desk-worker

Updated: June 9, 2025

His crisp dark hair was frosted on the temples; he stooped a little after the fashion of the desk-worker; he wore pince-nez; his manner, though alert, was composed and dignified. The restlessness, the nervous energy of youth, had been replaced by the calm confidence of middle age of tested strength, of ripe experience.

Mrs. Henry De La Pasture - Peter's Mother