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Updated: June 29, 2025
The taxicab crawled, it seemed, and on the way downtown was caught in a block of traffic which delayed him for ten minutes, during which he fumed silently.
Westgate's office was freely imparted by the intelligent black and was taken down by Percy Beaumont in his pocketbook. The two gentlemen then returned, languidly, to their hotel, and sent for a hackney coach, and in this commodious vehicle they rolled comfortably downtown.
Then, she passed into the house. Downtown in the private office of Stephen Langdon, Roderick Duncan stepped from the inner sanctum into the presence of the banker just as the latter started to his feet after the sudden and unexpected departure of his daughter.
He never tried a case, but he now opened a downtown office where he punctually arrived at ten o'clock and methodically spent the morning, carefully, personally managing all the details of the entailed estate. He was essentially conscientious and, as the years passed, there was no lessening of interest in his devotion to each transaction, large or small.
"Me getting up mornings to stay at home in my own darling little flat, and no basement or time-clock. Nothing but a busy little hubby to eat him nice, smelly, bacon breakfast and grab him nice morning newspaper, kiss him wifie, and run downtown to support her. Jimmie, every morning for your breakfast I'm going to fry "
When Abe came downtown the following morning he wore so marked an air of pleased mystery that Morris became irritated. "Let me in on this too, Abe," he said. "Let you in on what, Mawruss?" Abe asked innocently. "I don't know what you mean at all." "You know very well what I mean," Morris rejoined. "You ain't coming around here grinning like a barn door for nothing."
He felt that he must not take unfair advantage of that mood of exaltation. He drove straight downtown and ordered flowers for her. Remembering the nun's dress, he sent violets in a gray basket, with a knot on the handle of heavenly blue. The flowers came while Jean was at dinner. Emily was in Hilda's place, a quiet contrast in her slenderness and modest black to Hilda's opulence. Dr.
At five o'clock Ted left home for downtown. He stopped off to buy some of the late editions of the newspapers and proceeded to the meeting-place. He made his rounds through several buildings and at last reached that particular one. There was no one watching, however. With Strong out of the way the Germans felt quite secure.
He goes downtown with his entire family, takes them into a big shop and sits down with them and listens to a Steinway Grand he cannot get. As he listens to it long enough, he thinks he will get it. Then a subtle, spiritual change passes over him and over his family while they listen.
The door was opened by a long Negro in a white jacket, who grinned familiarly when Lord Lambeth asked for Mr. Westgate. "He ain't at home, sah; he's downtown at his o'fice." "Oh, at his office?" said the visitors. "And when will he be at home?" "Well, sah, when he goes out dis way in de mo'ning, he ain't liable to come home all day." This was discouraging; but the address of Mr.
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