"Serviette" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... tight? Well, son, here's another piece of advice," said Jimmy, as he helped himself. "Trouser bands aren't made of rubber because all tailors are rich men who never get hungry. By leaning toward the table and pretending to fool with your serviette, it's easy to open the top buttons under your vest without anybody noticing that you're going to make a fresh start. This is a form of politeness that is necessary lest you alarm your host. Always do it that way, and in the meantime, if you can ...
— Mixed Faces • Roy Norton
... French. Serviter Napkin From Serviette. Gigot (of mutton) ... " Gigot. Reeforts Radishes " Raiforts. Grosserts Gooseberries " Groseilles. Gardyveen Case for holding wine " Garde-vin. Jupe Part of a woman's dress " Jupe. Bonnaille A parting glass with a " Bon aller. friend going on a journey Gysard Person ...
— Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character • Edward Bannerman Ramsay
... pick up his serviette, and in doing so he whispered to her: "I must see you outside for a moment before I go. Go ...
— The Doctor of Pimlico - Being the Disclosure of a Great Crime • William Le Queux
... this afternoon. I meant to slip it into your serviette to-night quietly, but it's burning a hole in my pocket. [She produces a small jewel-case and presents it to him.] Will you wear that ...
— The Big Drum - A Comedy in Four Acts • Arthur Pinero
... with a little flourish of the white serviette which, from habit, he was carrying, "there is outside a young lady from the chateau who ...
— The Avenger • E. Phillips Oppenheim
... the perspiration from his face and neck with his serviette. In fact everybody had a good time. There was enough and to spare of everything to eat, the beer was of the best, and all the time, amid the rattle of the crockery and the knives and forks, the proceedings were enlivened by many jests and flashes of ...
— The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists • Robert Tressell
... I am going to do, at any rate," I said, laying my serviette deliberately upon the table. "I don't care what happens, but I am going to speak ...
— The Master Mummer • E. Phillips Oppenheim |
