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The man groaned, for he was heavy, and no doubt dreaded the stairs. He scratched a match on his thigh, and led the way up. March was sorry for him, and he put his fingers on a quarter in his waistcoat-pocket to give him at parting. At the same time, he had to trump up an objection to the flat.
Holding to a gentleman's purse is even securer than holding to a gentleman. While Algernon was working his forefinger in his waistcoat-pocket reflectively, a man at his elbow said, with a show of familiar deference, "If it's any convenience to you, sir," and showed the rim of a gold piece 'twixt finger and thumb.
And in the corner of the paper a thumb-nail sketch of himself, perorating, with a garland of capital I's round his neck. The Premier's face became brick-red, then gray again. He folded up the paper and put it in his waistcoat-pocket. The meeting had broken up. For the common herd, it was to be followed by sports in the park and refreshments in big tents.
Or, it might be, that if he confided in Franklin and told him of his love for Anne, the man might tell the truth and let him have an interview. But the matter took some thinking out. He decided to let it remain in abeyance at present. After kissing the coin had it not been Anne's? he slipped it into his waistcoat-pocket and returned home.
I didn't know it, and, to tell the truth, was taken back a bit, for it hurt me here." I imitated his effective waistcoat-pocket gesture, which caused him much amusement. "I had hopes myself you know that, and as I neither fiddled nor recited poetry your own conclusions may be wrong." "But Tim didn't do nothin'," Perry cackled. "He just goes away and lets her pine.
The jewels were only a few rings, a brooch, a pair of earrings, and a bracelet; but they were good of their kind, and in all worth something like two hundred pounds. These, and the gold chronometer which he carried in his waistcoat-pocket, constituted all the worldly wealth which Mr.
Comforting himself with these considerations, he moved on again a step or two and stopped once more. In his present humour, he shrank from facing Rufus. The American read him like a book; the American would ask irritating questions. He turned his back on the hotel, and looked at his watch. As he took it out, his finger and thumb touched something else in his waistcoat-pocket.
The steward's wrath rose at the performance, and he glowered back at him until his eyes watered. "Twenty past six," said Mr. Smith, suddenly, as he fumbled in his waistcoat-pocket and drew out a small folded paper. "It's time I made a start. I s'pose you've got some salt in the house?" "Plenty," said Mr. Wilks. "And beer?" inquired the other. "Yes, there is some beer," said the steward.
He wore the plainest of collars and the simplest of gold studs; no chain dangled showily from his waistcoat-pocket, and his small feet were encased in little patent-leather shoes. But for his painted face, he might have passed for the very incarnation of fashionable simplicity. But his face betrayed him. As for Corona, she was dazzlingly beautiful.
"And do you carry it there, Sir?" he asked, with surprised, as I restored it to my waistcoat-pocket. "I shall take it to the bank," I said. "I do not like the responsibility." "It is very unsafe," was the warning of this cautious fellow.
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