"Are you Mr.
Delamayn's brother, Sir ?" "Yes." The three gentlemen at the tables looked up with a start.

The light of Geoffrey's celebrity fell, reflected, on Geoffrey's brother, and made a public character of him.
"You'll find Mr.Geoffrey, Sir," said the waiter, in a flurried, excited manner, "at the Cock and Bottle, Putney." "I expected to find him here.

I had an appointment with him at this hotel." The wait er opened his eyes on Julius with an expression of blank astonishment.

"Haven't you heard the news, Sir ?" "No!" "God bless my soul!" exclaimed the waiter--and offered the newspaper.
"God bless my soul!" exclaimed the three gentlemen--and offered the three newspapers.
"What is it ?" asked Julius.
"What is it ?" repeated the waiter, in a hollow voice.

"The most dreadful thing that's happened in my time.