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The clatter of the quadriga drew Justinus to the window; as soon as he recognized Orion he waved a table-napkin to him, shouting a hearty "Welcome!" and then retired into the room again. "Here he is!" he cried to his wife, who was lying on a couch in the lightest permissible attire, and sipping fruit-syrup from time to time to moisten her dry lips, while a boy fanned her for coolness.
"'What did I do with my table-napkin? Why, I did like the rest of the guests: I shook it out of the folds, spread it before me, and fastened one corner to my button-hole. "'Very well, mon cher; you were the only person who did so. No one shakes, spreads, and fastens a table-napkin in that manner. You should have only laid it across your knees. What soup had you? "'Turtle.
Yesterday they put their hands in the honey-dish which Mr. "Alexander, dearie," Mary said. "Alec must have his mouth wiped." Poor Mr. Mackintosh had to get up and leave his breakfast, catch these imps, and employ his table-napkin in vain. "Take 'em up-stairs, do burrrr," roared their fond grandfather. "Oh, father, the poor darlings are not really naughty," Mary said, offended.
This waiter, a former valet of Prince G.'s, was conspicuous for his free-and-easy manners and his self-assurance. He invariably wore a second-hand frockcoat and slippers trodden down at heel, carried a table-napkin under his arm, and had a multitude of pimples on his cheeks. With a free sweeping movement of his moist hands he gave utterance to brief but pregnant observations.
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