Two or three of the old Germans sat opposite them, gulping their beer from time to time.

Heise was smoking a cigar, but Marcus had before him his fourth whiskey cocktail.

At the moment of McTeague's entrance Marcus had the floor.
"It can't be proven," he was yelling.

"I defy any sane politician whose eyes are not blinded by party prejudices, whose opinions are not warped by a personal bias, to substantiate such a statement.

Look at your facts, look at your figures.