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He exchanged bows with his new acquaintances, declined tea and was at once taken possession of by Lady Somerham, a formidable-looking person in tortoise-shell-rimmed spectacles, with a rasping voice and a judicial air. "So you are the Mr. Tallente," she began, "who Somerham tells me has achieved the impossible!"
He was a square-built resolute-looking young man, who reminded Archie vaguely of somebody he had seen before. But Archie was too busy trying to locate the man at the back to pay much attention to him. He detected him at last, owing to the fact that the eyes of everybody in that part of the room were fixed upon him. He was a small man of middle age, with tortoise-shell-rimmed spectacles.
Washball cantered up in apple-pie order. 'Wonders will never cease! observed Fossick, looking Washy over. So the field sat in a ring about the hounds in the centre of which, as usual, were Jack and Lord Scamperdale, looking with their great tortoise-shell-rimmed spectacles, and short grey whiskers trimmed in a curve up to their noses, like a couple of horned owls in hats.
However, never mind, you shall have these, said he, taking his tortoise-shell-rimmed ones off his nose and handing them to Jack. 'You promised me the silver ones, observed our friend Jack, who wanted to be smart. 'Did I? replied his lordship; 'I declare I'd forgot.
It was the polite voice of Henry Wimbush. A crowd of sleek, seal-like figures in black bathing-dresses surrounded him. His grey bowler hat, smooth, round, and motionless in the midst of a moving sea, was an island of aristocratic calm. Holding his tortoise-shell-rimmed pince-nez an inch or two in front of his eyes, he read out names from a list.
To be classed with literary or educated men is the greatest of all considerations, for which reason there is always a tendency for anyone and everyone to wear a long coat and to don huge tortoise-shell-rimmed spectacles, such as are affected by the literati, as well as to cultivate the nails of the left hand.
Their hotel was a vast barn, all porches, white flannels, and handsome young Jews chattering tremendously with young Jewesses; but its ball-room floor was smooth, and Ruth had lacked music and excitement for so long that she danced every night, and conducted an amiable flirtation with a mysterious young man of Harvard accent, Jewish features, fine brown eyes, and tortoise-shell-rimmed eye-glasses, while Carl looked on, a contented wall-flower.
The Countess bowed most graciously, and raising a pair of tortoise-shell-rimmed eye-glasses mounted on a stem of the same material, looked at Mr Bunker through these with a by no means disapproving glance. At first sight it was evident that Lady Alicia must “take after” her noble father. The Countess was aquiline of nose, large of person, and emphatic in her voice and manner.
He drew out and adjusted his round tortoise-shell-rimmed reading-glasses and read it. "That's a miraculously new Doggie," said he. Peggy clutched the edges of his coat. "I've never heard you call him that before." "It has never been worth while," said the Dean. At the Savoy, during the first stupefaction of his misery, Doggie had not noticed particularly the prevalence of khaki.
'Stout, hale-looking men, dressed much alike, with great broad tortoise-shell-rimmed spectacles on? asked Jawleyford. 'Just so, replied Sponge. 'Ah, you are right, then, rejoined Jawleyford; 'it would be my lord. 'And who was the other? inquired our friend.
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