slyder

Updated: June 23, 2025

Slyder, who was the most fashionable practitioner in the City, spent his entire time moving to and fro in an almost noiseless motor earnestly advising people to keep quiet. "You must keep very quiet for a little while," he would say with a sigh, as he sat beside a sick-bed.

Stephen Leacock - Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich

I noticed as I left him how broken and aged he had come to look. It seemed as if the chafings of the spirit were wearing the body that harboured it. It was about a month later that I learned of Mr. Doomer's death. Dr. Slyder told me of it in the club one afternoon, over two cocktails in the sitting-room. "A beautiful bedside," he said, "one of the most edifying that I have ever attended.

Stephen Leacock - Moonbeams from the Larger Lunacy