He ordered coffee for my benefit, but I do not care for coffee that has salt in it instead of sugar.

I said that I had merely looked in to ask him to an early dinner at the club, and it was touching to see how he grasped at the idea.

So complete, however, was his subjection to that terrible housekeeper, who believed in his fad, that he dared not send back her dishes untasted.
As a compromise I suggested that he could wrap up some of the stuff in paper and drop it quietly into the gutter.

We sallied forth, and I found him so weak that he had to be assisted into a hansom.

He still maintained, however, that Japanese chambers were worth making some sacrifice for; and when the other Arcadians saw his condition they had the delicacy not to contradict him.