Lady Lucy's Lover (1984)
“said Mr. Barrington jovially.
The Marquess began to relax visibly. Mr. Barrington’s office was admittedly a bit dirty and seedy and there had been a few suspicious-looking characters hovering around in the street outside, but Mr. Barrington himself had quickly dispelled any sinister first impressions caused by his place of business.
He looked more like a Yorkshire farmer than a bill broker. He wore an old-fashioned bag wig set slightly askew on his large round head. His cheeks were round and ruddy and his small eyes were very blue and twinkling. He was wearing an old single-breasted militia coat deprived of its facings and trappings, over a short, sort of shriveled-up waistcoat, old white moleskin breeches, and hessians badly in need of some Warring’s blacking.
Harriet Comfort had taken a chair over in the corner by the window and appeared to divorce herself from the proceedings.
“All you do, my lord,” went on Mr. Barrington, “is to get all your creditors to send me your bills of exch...ange and that way a gentleman like yourself will not be plagued with duns at his door.MoreLess
The Marquess began to relax visibly. Mr. Barrington’s office was admittedly a bit dirty and seedy and there had been a few suspicious-looking characters hovering around in the street outside, but Mr. Barrington himself had quickly dispelled any sinister first impressions caused by his place of business.
He looked more like a Yorkshire farmer than a bill broker. He wore an old-fashioned bag wig set slightly askew on his large round head. His cheeks were round and ruddy and his small eyes were very blue and twinkling. He was wearing an old single-breasted militia coat deprived of its facings and trappings, over a short, sort of shriveled-up waistcoat, old white moleskin breeches, and hessians badly in need of some Warring’s blacking.
Harriet Comfort had taken a chair over in the corner by the window and appeared to divorce herself from the proceedings.
“All you do, my lord,” went on Mr. Barrington, “is to get all your creditors to send me your bills of exch...ange and that way a gentleman like yourself will not be plagued with duns at his door.MoreLess
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