'I said I'd be here, Sir,' said Kit, patting
Whisker's neck.
Red
Whisker pretended he could make a salad (which I don't believe), and obtruded himself on public notice.
Mr Lammle's utmost powers of sparkling were in requisition to-day, for Fascination Fledgeby and Georgiana not only struck each other speechless, but struck each other into astonishing attitudes; Georgiana, as she sat facing Fledgeby, making such efforts to conceal her elbows as were totally incompatible with the use of a knife and fork; and Fledgeby, as he sat facing Georgiana, avoiding her countenance by every possible device, and betraying the discomposure of his mind in feeling for his
whiskers with his spoon, his wine glass, and his bread.
"Say,
Whiskers, how'd ye keep the night dew out of that nose o' yourn?"
"No," said Samuel
Whiskers, "make it properly, Anna Maria, with breadcrumbs."
"Billina has hatched out thirteen new chickens," replied the Soldier with the Green
Whiskers, "and they're the cutest little fluffy yellow balls you ever saw.
A great deal more of what the gentleman with the gray
whiskers said to show in what way Russia was ruined by the emancipation struck him indeed as very true, new to him, and quite incontestable.
"I haven't pulled out a quarter of his
whiskers yet."
On Sunday mornings one could see him out at the fair grounds, speeding around the race-course in his trotting-buggy, wearing yellow gloves and a black-and-white-check travelling cap, his
whiskers blowing back in the breeze.
"Tis true, 'said Peter,' I'm alive: I keep my station in the world: Once in the week I just contrive To get my
whiskers oiled and curled.
"True," said Noirtier, looking carelessly around him, "true, if this person were not on his guard, as he is;" and he added with a smile, "He will consequently make a few changes in his personal appearance." At these words he rose, and put off his frock-coat and cravat, went towards a table on which lay his son's toilet articles, lathered his face, took a razor, and, with a firm hand, cut off the compromising
whiskers. Villefort watched him with alarm not devoid of admiration.
Then the Soldier with the Green
Whiskers led them through the inner gate and they at once found themselves in the main street of the magnificent Emerald City.