grey-trousered

Updated: June 16, 2025

I re-read the correspondence, notably the letter which recommended him almost tenderly, I fancied to build a fourteen-foot brick wall at the end of his garden, and half-way through it a thought struck me which filled me with pure joy. The footman ushered in two men, frock-coated, grey-trousered, smooth-shaven, heavy of speech and gait.

Rudyard Kipling - The Day's Work - Volume 1