Now he would sharpen a "hoe" excavator, now he would busy himself for a whole hour making "mats" and "cylinders." Then he would look over his slate where he kept a record of his appointments.
One day Trina softly opened the door of the "Parlors" and came in from the sitting-room.

She had not heard McTeague moving about for some time and had begun to wonder what he was doing.

She came in, quietly shutting the door behind her.
McTeague had tidied the room with the greatest care.

The volumes of the "Practical Dentist" and the "American System of Dentistry" were piled upon the marble-top centre-table in rectangular blocks.

The few chairs were drawn up against the wall under the steel engraving of "Lorenzo de' Medici" with more than usual precision.