venatorem

Updated: May 7, 2025

Fifty years' wear could not have worsened them; and, indeed, from the whole aspect of the man, you might guess him a century old, were it not for the nimbleness of his gestures and his eyes, which were grey, alert, and keen as needles. I acknowledged his salutation as he ranged up beside me. "Will my company, sir, offend you? By your coat I suspect your trade: venatorem sapit hey?"

Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - Noughts and Crosses : Stories, Studies and Sketches