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Had it been Mercier's eye in place of his ear which attended the two men to the upper room, he would have remarked perhaps with surprise, since he had gained some knowledge of Grio's temper that in proportion as they mounted the staircase, the toper's crest drooped, and his arrogance ebbed away; until at the door of Basterga's chamber, it was but a sneaking and awkward man who crossed the threshold.

Stanley John Weyman - The Long Night

And he gave a résumé of the colonel's laughable sophistry for George's benefit, and for mine as well, for I had paid no attention to the old toper's remarks. We could see the glimmer of lights behind the shutters of the faro-room over Sudden's saloon and hear the rattle of the ivory counters as we passed. "Do you ever go up there?" asked George, interrupting Perry.

Various - Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885