He was wrapped in a long dressing-gown of some thick grey woollen stuff.
The sallow-faced young man lingered by the half-glass door between the parlour and the shop, as if he would fain have remained a witness to the interview about to take place between his master and the stranger; but the old man looked round at him sharply, and said,-- "That will do, Tulliver; you can go back to the shop.

If Abrahams brings that little lot again to-night, tell him I'll give five-and-nine an ounce, not a fraction more." Mr.Tulliver retired, leaving the door ajar ever so little; but the penetrating black eyes of the master were quick to perceive this manoeuvre.
"Will you be so good as to shut that door, sir, quite securely ?" he said to Gilbert.

"That young man is very inquisitive; I'm afraid I've kept him too long.

People talk of old servants; but half the robberies in the world are committed by old servants.

Be seated, if you please, sir.