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Waiter in sentence

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'With Peter Ilyich Vinovsky's compliments,' interrupted an old waiter, bringing two delicate glasses of still sparkling champagne on a tray, and addressing Oblonsky and Levin.
The tables round them, however, were emptying; a waiter came and stood discreetly near them.
She hesitated before calling to a waiter for coffee, realising that on the arrival of the said waiter her private conversation with Julien would be at an end.
The most complete discouragement extinguished the light in Amanda's features; she called a waiter: she had the necessary courage now.
The waiter poured out Julien's coffee, without looking at him.
In the provinces, a waiter in a cafe takes an interest in you if you meet with some accident on entering his cafe; but if that accident involves anything capable of wounding your vanity, then, in condoling with you, he will repeat again and again the word that makes you wince.
'Here, waiter!' shouted the stranger, ringing the bell with tremendous violence, 'glasses round--brandy-and-water, hot and strong, and sweet, and plenty,--eye damaged, Sir?Waiter! raw beef-steak for the gentleman's eye--nothing like raw beef-steak for a bruise, sir; cold lamp-post very good, but lamp-post inconvenient--damned odd standing in the open street half an hour, with your eye against a lamp-post--eh,--very good-- ha! ha!'And the stranger, without stopping to take breath, swallowed at a draught full half a pint of the reeking brandy-and- water, and flung himself into a chair with as much ease as if nothing uncommon had occurred.
'What's that?' he inquired, as the waiter removed one of the covers.
'Devil of a mess on the staircase, waiter,' said the stranger.
What's going forward?''Ball, Sir,' said the waiter.
'I should very much like to go,' said Mr. Tupman, resuming the subject of the ball, 'very much.''Tickets at the bar, Sir,' interposed the waiter; 'half-a-guinea each, Sir.'Mr. Tupman again expressed an earnest wish to be present at the festivity; but meeting with no response in the darkened eye of Mr. Snodgrass, or the abstracted gaze of Mr. Pickwick, he applied himself with great interest to the port wine and dessert, which had just been placed on the table.
The waiter withdrew, and the party were left to enjoy the cosy couple of hours succeeding dinner.
Mr. Pickwick had replaced on the table the glass which, during the last few sentences of the tale, he had retained in his hand; and had just made up his mind to speak--indeed, we have the authority of Mr. Snodgrass's note-book for stating, that he had actually opened his mouth--when the waiter entered the room, and said--'Some gentlemen, Sir.'It has been conjectured that Mr. Pickwick was on the point of delivering some remarks which would have enlightened the world, if not the Thames, when he was thus interrupted; for he gazed sternly on the waiter's countenance, and then looked round on the company generally, as if seeking for information relative to the new-comers.
Very pleasant fellows,' added Mr. Winkle, after the waiter had retired--'officers of the 97th, whose acquaintance I made rather oddly this morning.
The waiter returned, and ushered three gentlemen into the room.
'How shall we go ?''We had better consult the waiter, perhaps,' said Mr. Tupman;and the waiter was summoned accordingly.
'Perhaps one of the gentlemen would like to ride, sir?' suggested the waiter, looking towards Mr. Winkle; 'very good saddle-horses, sir--any of Mr. Wardle's men coming to Rochester, bring 'em back, Sir.''The very thing,' said Mr. Pickwick.
'Very well, sir,' replied the waiter.
The waiter retired; the breakfast concluded; and the travellers ascended to their respective bedrooms, to prepare a change of clothing, to take with them on their approaching expedition.
Mr. Pickwick had made his preliminary arrangements, and was looking over the coffee-room blinds at the passengers in the street, when the waiter entered, and announced that the chaise was ready--an announcement which the vehicle itself confirmed, by forthwith appearing before the coffee-room blinds aforesaid.
'T'other side, sir, if you please.''Blowed if the gen'lm'n worn't a-gettin' up on the wrong side,' whispered a grinning post-boy to the inexpressibly gratified waiter.
'Can we have beds here?' inquired Mr. Pickwick, summoning the waiter.
The waiter retired; and reappearing almost immediately with a request that Mr. Pickwick would follow him, led the way to a large room on the first floor, where, seated at a long table covered with books and papers, was Mr. Perker.
Is there any gentleman of the name of Tupman here, waiter?'
Show us a private room, waiter.'
'And the waiter brought back word, that she would see me at eleven--at eleven, Sir; it only wants a quarter now.''Very near the time,' said Mr. Pickwick.
If you'll show me Mr. Pickwick's room I'll step up myself.''What name, Sir?' said the waiter.
The waiter stepped upstairs to announce Mr. Jackson; but Mr. Jackson saved him the trouble by following close at his heels, and walking into the apartment before he could articulate a syllable.
'Send my servant here, waiter,' said Mr. Pickwick.
The waiter retired, considerably astonished, and Mr. Pickwick motioned Jackson to a seat.
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