glove-counter

Updated: June 2, 2025

Filial duty took him by the collar and dragged him inside, while his mother philandered among the bronze and terra-cotta statuettes. Carter strolled across to the glove counter in order to shoot a few minutes on the wing. His need for gloves was genuine; he had forgotten to bring a pair with him. But his action hardly calls for apology, because he had never heard of glove-counter flirtations.

O. Henry - The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million