Page:Zangwill-King of schnorrers.djvu/34

From Wikisource
Jump to navigation Jump to search
This page has been proofread, but needs to be validated.
20
THE KING OF SCHNORRERS.

This time he waved his stick fraternally, and stalked down aturning. For an instant Grobstock stood glued to the spot, crushed by a sense of the inevitable. Then a horrible thought occurred to him.

"waved his stick fraternally."

Easy-going man as he was, he might put up with the visitation of Manasseh. But then he had a wife, and, what was worse, a livery servant. How could he expect a livery servant to tolerate such a guest? He might fly from the town on Friday evening, but that would necessitate trouble-